צָרַר
tsa.rar
“to confine”
Definition
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
a primitive root;
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Occurrences
צָרַר appears 41 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
For I know that your transgressions are manyand your sins are numerous.You oppress the righteous by taking bribes;you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;his sin is stored up.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds,yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Who has ascended to heaven and come down?Who has gathered the wind in His hands?Who has bound up the waters in His cloak?Who has established all the ends of the earth?What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
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