צָרָהtsârâh

Meanings

Same root

• צַרtsar · H6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

Where it appears

Appears 73 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 35:3 We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
• Genesis 42:21 Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn’t listen. That’s why we’re in this trouble.”
• Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’
• Deuteronomy 31:21 And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”
• Judges 10:14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”
• 1 Samuel 1:6 So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children.