Mᵉtsûwqâh — H4691

Definition

feminine noun

narrowness, i.e. (figuratively) trouble

1. straitness, distress, straits, stress

Usually translated as

anguish, distress

Origin

or mᵉtsuqâh; feminine of H4690

• Mâtsûwq (H4690)

Occurrences

Mᵉtsûwqâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (5), Zephaniah (1)

• Job 15:24 — Trouble and anguish (וּמְצוּקָ֑ה) shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
• Psalms 25:17 — The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses (מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י).
• Psalms 107:6 — Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses (מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם).
• Psalms 107:13 — Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses (מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם).
• Psalms 107:19 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses (מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם).
• Psalms 107:28 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses (וּֽ֝מִמְּצֽוּקֹתֵיהֶ֗ם).
• Zephaniah 1:15 — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress (וּמְצוּקָ֗ה), a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,