Tsûwq — H6693

Definition

verb

to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress

1. (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress

Usually translated as

distress, lie sore, straiten, constrain, press, oppress, pressor

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Tsûwq occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (3), Judges (2), Job (1), Isaiah (3), 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, wherewith thine enemies shall distress (יָצִ֥יק) 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, wherewith thine enemies shall distress (יָצִ֥יק) 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, wherewith thine enemy shall distress (יָצִ֥יק) thee in thy gates.
• Judges 14:17 — And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore (הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ) upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
• Judges 16:16 — And it came to pass, when she pressed (הֵצִ֨יקָה) him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
• Job 32:18 — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth (הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי) me.
• Isaiah 29:2 — Yet I will distress (וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי) Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
• Isaiah 29:7 — And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress (וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים) her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
• Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor (הַמֵּצִ֔יק), as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor (הַמֵּצִֽיק)?
• 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, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten (יָצִ֧יקוּ) them.