Hebrew word study

עָצָרʻâtsâr to inclose

Pronounced “aw-tsar'

to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble

Translated in the King James as: be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).

Appears 46 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 3×
Genesis 16:2Genesis 20:18+ 1 more in Genesis
Numbers 3×
Numbers 16:48Numbers 16:50Numbers 25:8
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 11:17Deuteronomy 32:36
Judges 2×
Judges 13:15Judges 13:16
1 Samuel 3×
1 Sam 9:171 Sam 21:51 Sam 21:7
2 Samuel 2×
2 Sam 24:212 Sam 24:25
1 Kings 4×
1 Ki 8:351 Ki 14:101 Ki 18:441 Ki 21:21
2 Kings 4×
2 Ki 4:242 Ki 9:82 Ki 14:262 Ki 17:4
1 Chronicles 3×
1 Chr 12:11 Chr 21:221 Chr 29:14
2 Chronicles 7×
2 Chr 2:62 Chr 6:262 Chr 7:132 Chr 13:202 Chr 14:112 Chr 20:372 Chr 22:9
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 6:10
Job 3×
Job 4:2Job 12:15Job 29:9
Psalms 1×
Psalms 106:30
Isaiah 1×
Isaiah 66:9
Jeremiah 4×
Jeremiah 20:9Jeremiah 33:1Jeremiah 36:5Jeremiah 39:15
Daniel 3×
Daniel 10:8Daniel 10:16Daniel 11:6

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