To press
פָּצַרStrong’s H6484patsar (pa-tsar)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Patsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “urged” and “presumption”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.”
Meaning
- To press, push(Qal) to push, press · (Hiphil) be insolent, display pushing (arrogance, presumption)
How it's translated
- and he urged 4
- and they urged 2
- presumption 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 2 Kings 2
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 33:11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
- Judges 19:7And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
- 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
- 2 Kings 2:17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
- 2 Kings 5:16But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
Hebrew dictionary
פָּצַר patsar · to press
1) to press, push 1a) (Qal) to push, press 1b) (Hiphil) be insolent, display pushing (arrogance, presumption)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “press” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRESS, verb transitive
[Latin pressus.]
- To urge with force or weight; a word of extensive use, denoting the application of any power, physical or moral, to something that is to be moved or affected.
- To squeeze; to crush; as, to press grapes. Genesis 40:11
- To drive with violence; to hurry; as, to press a horse in motion, or in a race.
- To urge; to enforce; to inculcate with earnestness; as, to press divine truth on an audience.
All definitions and other forms of “press”
- To embrace closely; to hug.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
- To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or with difficulties.
- To constrain; to compel; to urge by authority or necessity.“The posts that rode on mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment” Esther 8:14
- To urge; to impose by importunity.
- To urge or solicit with earnestness or importunity.
- To urge; to constrain.“Paul was pressed in spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ” Acts 18:5
- To squeeze for making smooth; as cloth or paper.
PRESS, verb intransitive
To urge or strain in motion; to urge forward with force.
- “I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” Philippians 3:14
- To bear on with force; to encroach.
- To bear on with force; to crowd; to throng.
- To approach unseasonably or importunately.
- To urge with vehemence and importunity.“He pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in to him” Genesis 19:3
- To urge by influence or moral force.
- To push with force; as, to press against the door.
PRESS, noun
- An instrument or machine by which any body is squeezed, crushed or forced into a more compact form; as a wine-press, cider-press or cheese-press.
- A machine for printing; a printing-press.
- The art or business of printing and publishing.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude of individuals crowded together.“And when they could not come nigh to him for the press--” Mark 2:4
- The act of urging or pushing forward.
- A wine-vat or cistern. Haggai 2:16
- A case of closet for the safe keeping of garments.
- Urgency; urgent demands of affairs; as a press of business.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy; for impress.
PRESS'-BED, noun
A bed that may be raised and inclosed in a case.
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.