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1 Kings 8:35

“When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עָצָרʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'
H6113 · Hebrew

Definition: to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
Grammar: בְּ — preposition
הֵעָצֵ֥ר — verb Niphal, infinitive construct
Code HR/VNc
Usage: Occurs 46 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 16:2 Genesis 20:18 Genesis 20:18 Numbers 17:13 Numbers 17:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָצָר here.

Verse 34 Verse 36

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.