Restraint
מַעְצָרStrong’s H4623matsar (ma-tsar)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Matsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “control”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
Meaning
- Restraint, control
How it's translated
- control 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מַעְצָר matsar · restraint
restraint, control
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “restraint” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RESTRA'INT, noun
- The act or operation of holding back or hindering from motion, in any manner; hinderance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral or mental.
- Abridgment of liberty; as the restraint of a man by imprisonment or by duress.
- Prohibition.
- Limitation; restriction.
All definitions
- That which restrains, hinders or represses.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.