Lexicon atsar: to restrain, retain Original Word: עָצַרPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: atsar Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tsar') Short Definition: shut NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto restrain, retain NASB Translationable* (2), bond (5), checked (3), closed fast (1), confined (3), could (1), detain (2), detained (1), held back (2), kept (1), prevail (1), prevented (1), recover (1), refrain (1), restrained (1), restrains (1), restricted (2), retain (2), retained (2), rule (1), shut (7), slow down (1), stayed (1), stop (1), stopped (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עָצַר46 verb restrain, retain (Late Hebrew id.; compare probably Assyrian eƒêru, retain, restrain, Dl HWB 122 Jäger BAS i. 483 Zehnpf ib. 500; Ethiopic  press, Arabic  ; ᵑ7 עֲצַר Syriac  id.); **compare Assyrian usƒurtu, taboo SAC JA, 1904, 754. — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ע Genesis 20:18 +, suffix עֲצָרַנִי Genesis 16:2; 1singular יָצַרְתִּי Daniel 10:8,16; etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעְצֹר 1 Samuel 9:17 +, יַעְצָרֿ2Chron 2:5; suffix יַעֲצָרְכָה 1 Kings 18:44, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָצֹר Genesis 20:18, construct לַעִצֹר2Chronicles 22:9, וַעְצֹר Job 4:2 (Ges§ 28b); Passive participle עָצוּר Jeremiah 33:1 +, etc.; — 1 restrain, with accusative of person Genesis 16:2 (J; + מִן, i.e. prevent), עָצֹר עָצַר בְּעֵד כָּלרֶֿחֶם Genesis 20:18 (E), compare absolute Isaiah 66:9 (opposed to מוֺלִיד); followed by infinitive 2 Kings 4:24; with accusative of person alone 1 Kings 18:44 hinder, stop; with accusative of sky (hindering rain) Deuteronomy 11:17; 2Chronicles 7:13; passive participle absolute shut up, or hindered (for reasons not given) Jeremiah 36:5; Nehemiah 6:10 (? by a vow, or by ceremonial uncleanness, compare RsSem i. 436 f., 2nd ed. 455 f.); = shut up (with ב, in prison) 2 Kings 17:4, passive participle Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 39:15, figurative Jeremiah 20:9; on עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (5 t.) see I. עזב; עֲצֻרָה לָנוּ 1 Samuel 21:6 women have been kept away with reference to us (compare RSl.c.); עָצוּר מִמְּנֵי 1 Chronicles 12:1 kept away from before Saul; = detain, with accusative Judges 13:15,16; in Job with בְּ, בְּמִלִּין ׳ע Job 4:2, compare Job 29:9, so בַּמַּיִם Job 12:5; בְּעַמִּי ׳ע 1 Samuel 9:17 is rule over, etc. (si vera lectio); insert also (with other words) 1 Samuel 10:1 ᵐ5 We Dr and others 2 (late) retain, with accusative כֹּחַ2Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 10:8,16; Daniel 11:6; + infinitive = be able to 1 Chronicles 29:14; 2Chron 2:5; omit כֹּחַ2Chron 14:10 (+ עִמְּךָ), 2 Chronicles 20:37 (+ infinitive). Niph`al be restrained, stayed, of plague: Perfect 3 feminine singular נֶעֱצָ֑רָה Numbers 17:15; Imperfect3feminine singular תֵּעָצַר 2 Samuel 24:27 = 1 Chronicles 21:22, וַתֵּעָצַר Numbers 17:13; Numbers 25:8 (P) 2 Samuel 24:25; Psalm 106:30; be shut up (of sky), Infinitive construct בְּהֵעָצֵר 1 Kings 8:35 2Chronicles 6:26; be under restraint or detention Participle נֶעְצָר 1 Samuel 21:8 + ׳לִפְחנֵי י (? i.e. kept by a vow, compare HPS and Nehemiah 6:10 above).
Strong's be able, close up, detain, fast, keep self close, still, prevail, recover, A primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble -- X be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, X reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self). |
