- Original: צער - Transliteration: Tsa`ar - Phonetic: tsaw-ar' - Definition: 1. to be or grow insignificant, grow small a. (Qal) to ge insignificant - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1948 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be small that is (figuratively) ignoble: - be brought low little one be small. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • low, 1 Job 14:21 • ones, 1 Zechariah 13:7 • small, 1 Jeremiah 30:19