מָצוֹק
māṣôq
straitness
Strong's H4689NounHebrewTWOT 1895d

מָצוֹק (māṣôq) is a Hebrew noun meaning straitness. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4689).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1895d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1895d)straitness, straits, stress; narrow place, confinement, disability; anguish, distress
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָצוֹק noun, masculine: straitness, straits, stress

Strong's H4689 מָצוֹק: a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability
KJV:anguish, distress, straitness.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1895: צוּק ṣûq — constrain, bring into straits, press upon; compress, oppress, distress; lie sore, press, pressor, straiten

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 22:2Psalms 119:143Jeremiah 19:9

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