Be distressed
יָצַרStrong’s H3334yatsar (ya-tsar)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yatsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was distress”, “caused distress” and “are restricted”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;”
Meaning
- To bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige(Qal) to suffer distress
How it's translated
- and it was distress 5
- and they caused distress 1
- they are restricted 1
- it will be distress 1
- anyone will hinder 1
- you will be cramped 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- Job 2
- Genesis 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Nehemiah 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 2:15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
- Judges 10:9Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
- 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
- 2 Samuel 13:2And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
- Nehemiah 9:27Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
- Job 18:7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Hebrew dictionary
יָצַר yatsar · be distressed
1) to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige 1a) (Qal) to suffer distress
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.