Etymology?:
from ṣārar צָרַר ‘to confine / to constrain / to distress / to vex / to rival’
Roots:
צרר
Variants: צַר, צַר
ṣar Aadj Bn, m Cn, m Dn, m
A1) narrow, tight
B1) straits, distress
C1) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor
D1) hard pebble, flint
Mentioned in Genesis 14:20 Numbers 10:9, 22:26, 24:8 Deuteronomy 32:43, 32:41, 4:30, 32:27, 33:7 Joshua 5:13 Judges 11:7 1 Samuel 13:6, 2:32 2 Samuel 24:14, 22:7, 24:13 2 Kings 6:1 Isaiah 25:4, 1:24, 30:20, 63:9, 5:30, 49:20, 59:18, 9:10, 26:11, 11:13, 64:1, 5:28, 59:19, 63:18, 26:16 Jeremiah 50:7, 46:10, 30:16, 48:5 Ezekiel 30:16, 39:23 Hosea 5:15 Amos 3:11 Micah 5:8 Nahum 1:2 Zechariah 8:10 Psalms 60:13, 108:13, 18:7, 102:3, 106:11, 44:11, 78:66, 13:4, 27:2, 74:10, 81:15, 89:43, 27:12, 107:6, 107:13, 107:19, 107:28, 4:2, 60:14, 108:14, 107:2, 59:17, 97:3, 66:14, 78:42, 112:8, 105:24, 106:44, 32:7, 44:6, 44:8, 119:139, 136:24, 78:61, 3:2, 89:24, 119:157, 119:143 Proverbs 23:27, 24:10 Job 7:11, 36:16, 16:9, 19:11, 41:7, 38:23, 15:24, 6:23 Lamentations 2:4, 1:5, 2:17, 4:12, 1:7, 1:17, 1:10, 1:20 Esther 7:4, 7:6 Ezra 4:1 Nehemiah 4:5, 9:27 1 Chronicles 12:18, 21:13, 21:12 2 Chronicles 15:4