# יָצַר (yatsar)

Israeli respelling: ya-tsar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3334. 10 Old Testament occurrences.

to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress

King James renderings: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/yatsar-h3334

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 32:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/7) — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into…
- [Judges 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/2/15) — Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and…
- [Judges 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/9) — Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so t…
- [1 Samuel 30:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/6) — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his so…
- [2 Samuel 13:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/2) — And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to h…
- [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…
- [Job 18:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/7) — The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
- [Job 20:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/22) — In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
- [Proverbs 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/4/12) — When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
- [Isaiah 49:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/19) — For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they…