Mûwtsaq — H4164

Definition

masculine noun

narrowness; figuratively, distress

1. constraint, distress

Usually translated as

is straitened, straitness, anguish

Origin

or mûwtsâq; from H3332

• Derived from Yâtsaq (H3332)

Greek equivalents

• táxis (G5010)

Occurrences

Mûwtsaq occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Isaiah (1)

• Job 36:16 — Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness (מוּצָ֣ק); and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
• Job 37:10 — By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened (בְּמוּצָֽק).