# צָרָה (tsarah)

Israeli respelling: tsa-rah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6869. 72 Old Testament occurrences.

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

King James renderings: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsarah-h6869

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 35:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/3) — And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me…
- [Genesis 42:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/21) — And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and…
- [Deuteronomy 31:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/31/17) — Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devo…
- [Deuteronomy 31:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/31/21) — And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it s…
- [Judges 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/14) — Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
- [1 Samuel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/6) — And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
- [1 Samuel 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/19) — And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him,…
- [1 Samuel 26:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/24) — And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver…
- [2 Samuel 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/4/9) — And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redee…
- [1 Kings 1:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/1/29) — And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
- [2 Kings 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/3) — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the b…
- [2 Chronicles 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/6) — And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
- [2 Chronicles 20:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/9) — If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy n…
- [Nehemiah 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/27) — Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee…
- [Nehemiah 9:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/37) — And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and o…
- [Job 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/19) — He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- [Job 27:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/9) — Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
- [Psalms 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/9/9) — The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- [Psalms 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/1) — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- [Psalms 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/20/1) — The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
- [Psalms 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/11) — Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
- [Psalms 25:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/25/17) — The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
- [Psalms 25:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/25/22) — Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
- [Psalms 31:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/7) — I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
- [Psalms 34:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/34/6) — This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- [Psalms 34:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/34/17) — The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
- [Psalms 37:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/39) — But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
- [Psalms 46:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/46/1) — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- [Psalms 50:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/15) — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- [Psalms 54:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/54/7) — For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
- [Psalms 71:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/20) — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
- [Psalms 77:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/2) — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
- [Psalms 78:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/49) — He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
- [Psalms 81:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/81/7) — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Sel…
- [Psalms 86:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/7) — In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
- [Psalms 91:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/15) — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
- [Psalms 116:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/116/3) — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- [Psalms 120:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/120/1) — In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
- [Psalms 138:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/138/7) — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy…
- [Psalms 142:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/142/2) — I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
- [Psalms 143:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/143/11) — Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
- [Proverbs 1:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/27) — When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- [Proverbs 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/8) — The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- [Proverbs 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/13) — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
- [Proverbs 17:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/17) — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- [Proverbs 21:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/23) — Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
- [Proverbs 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/10) — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
- [Proverbs 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/19) — Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
- [Isaiah 8:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/22) — And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
- [Isaiah 30:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/6) — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery f…
- [Isaiah 33:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/2) — O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- [Isaiah 37:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/37/3) — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to th…
- [Isaiah 46:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/7) — They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one sh…
- [Isaiah 63:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/9) — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he ba…
- [Isaiah 65:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/65/16) — That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God…
- [Jeremiah 4:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/31) — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter…
- [Jeremiah 6:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/24) — We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
- [Jeremiah 14:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/8) — O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that…
- [Jeremiah 15:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/11) — The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the…
- [Jeremiah 16:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/19) — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,…
- [Jeremiah 30:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/30/7) — Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
- [Jeremiah 49:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/24) — Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in trava…
- [Jeremiah 50:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/43) — The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
- [Daniel 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/1) — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of troub…
- [Obadiah 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/obadiah/1/12) — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced ove…
- [Obadiah 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/obadiah/1/14) — Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those…
- [Jonah 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/2/2) — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- [Nahum 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/1/7) — The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
- [Nahum 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/1/9) — What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
- [Habakkuk 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/16) — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might re…
- [Zephaniah 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/1/15) — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of cl…
- [Zechariah 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/10/11) — And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and t…