Mâtsôwq — H4689

Definition

masculine noun

a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability

1. straitness, straits, distress, stress, anguish

Usually translated as

straitness, anguish, distress

Origin

from H6693

• Derived from Tsûwq (H6693)

Greek equivalents

• anánkē (G318)
• thlîpsis (G2347)

Occurrences

Mâtsôwq occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (3), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Deuteronomy 28:53 — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness (וּבְמָצ֔וֹק), wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
• Deuteronomy 28:55 — So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness (וּבְמָצ֔וֹק), wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
• Deuteronomy 28:57 — And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness (וּבְמָצ֔וֹק), wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
• 1 Samuel 22:2 — And every one that was in distress (מָצ֜וֹק), and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
• Psalms 119:143 — Trouble and anguish (וּמָצ֥וֹק) have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
• Jeremiah 19:9 — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness (וּבְמָצ֔וֹק), wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.