Lexical Definition

‎פָּצַר‎ pâtsar (paw-tsar') to press ^H:V
a primitive root

press, urge, stubbornness.

• to peck at, i.e. (figuratively) stun or dull

1) to press, push
1a) (Qal) to push, press
1b) (Hiphil) be insolent, display pushing (arrogance, presumption)

See Greek: ἀσθενέω · βιάζω · ἐπάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פָּצַר‎] verb push, press (perhaps related, by transposition, to Arabic appoint, prescribe, Assyrian parƒu, command, compare Ba^{ZMG xliii (1889), 188}); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּפְצַרֿ‎ Gen 19:3 +, 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּפְצְרוּ‎ vGen 19:9; 2Kgs 2:17 — push, press, upon (‎ב‎ person) physically Gen 19:2 = urge vGen 19:3; Gen 33:11; Judg 19:7; 2Kgs 2:17, + infinitive 2Kgs 5:16 read also probably ‎וַיִּפְצַרבּֿוֺ‎ 2Sam 13:25; 2Sam 13:27; 2Kgs 5:23 (for ‎וַיִּפְרָץֿ‎), ‎וַיִּפְצְרוּבֿוֺ‎ 1Sam 28:23 (for ‎וַיִּפְרְצוּֿ‎), Tanchum (compare The), Weir in Dr^{1Sam 28:23} Kit^id. Bu HPS Löhr. Hiph`il Infinitive absolute ‎הַפְצַ֑ר‎ 1Sam 15:23 to display pushing (i.e. arrogance, presumption; || ‎מֶ֔רִי‎; compare Dr).

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