What does צַר · רָחַב mean in the Bible?
צַר · רָחַב: Spatial constriction (literal narrow) metaphorically extended to express adversity, enemies, and distress as forces that "crowd" or constrain.
Hebrew · H6862, H7337
צַר
Narrow ; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble ); also a pebble (as in 6864 ); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding ) · to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
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צַר H6862 narrow ; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble ); also a pebble (as in 6864 ); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding )
רָחַב H7337 to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
What does צַר (baṣ-ṣār hir-ḥaḇ-tā lî) mean in the Bible?
צַר · רָחַב: Spatial constriction (literal narrow) metaphorically extended to express adversity, enemies, and distress as forces that "crowd" or constrain.
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6862, H7337?
H6862, H7337 is connected to 135 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Spatial constriction (literal narrow) metaphorically extended to express adversity, enemies, and distress as forces that "crowd" or constrain.
Source Gloss
narrow ; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble ); also a pebble (as in 6864 ); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding )
Extended definition
Spatial constriction (literal narrow) metaphorically extended to express adversity, enemies, and distress as forces that "crowd" or constrain.
adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 38
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 7×
Perfect 1Chr 21:13 · 1Sam 13:6 · 2Sam 24:14 · Judg 11:7 · Ps 59:17 · Ps 102:3 6×
Participle active Isa 59:19 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Psalms 4:1-3 בַּצָּר הִרְחַבְתָּ לִּי
give me relief in distress
Word Origins
צַר is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain