Deuteronomy 28:52וְהֵצַר
They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
1 Samuel 28:15צַר
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
2 Samuel 1:26צַר
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
2 Chronicles 28:22הָצֵר
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Psalm 31:9צַר
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Proverbs 26:8כִּצְרוֹר
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

צָרַר vb. bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped

A. trans.

Qal bind or tie up

Pu. tied up (mended by tying)

B. intrans.

Qal be scant, cramped, in straits

Hiph. make narrow for, press hard upon, cause distress to

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.