Lexicon tsuq: to constrain, bring into straits, press upon Original Word: צוּקPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tsuq Phonetic Spelling: (tsook) Short Definition: oppress NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto constrain, bring into straits, press upon NASB Translationbring distress (1), constrains (1), distress (2), oppress (3), oppressor (2), pressed (1), pressed him so hard (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [ צוּק] verb Hiph`il constrain, bring into straits, press upon (Late Hebrew צוּק be distressed (rare), Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic  (  ) be narrow, tight, so Ethiopic  ; Aramaic עִיק,  ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic  ); — Perfect 3 feminine singular הֵצִיקָה Judges 16:16, suffix הֱצִיקַתְהוּ Judges 14:17, נִ֑י Job 32:18 (Gi Job 32:19); 1singular וַהֲצִיקוֺתִ֫י consecutive Isaiah 29:2; Imperfect3masculine singular יָצִיק Deuteronomy 28:53 2t.; 3 masculine plural יָצִיקוּ Jeremiah 19:9; Participle מֵצִיק Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse), plural מְצִיקִים Isaiah 29:7; — bring into straits, by importunity with ל person Judges 16:16, with suffix person Judges 14:17; constrain (to speak) Job 32:18 (suffix person); elsewhere of bringing into straits a city or people, with ל, Isaiah 29:2,7, so Isaiah 7:6 (reading וּנְצִיקֶנָּה for ᵑ0 וּנְקִיצֶנָּה), Thes Che Du Gr Marti, compare formula לְ ׳בְּמָצוֺר וּבְמָצוֺק אֲשֶׁר יָצ Deuteronomy 28:53,55,57; Jeremiah 19:9; participle absolute הַמֵּצִיק Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse) the oppressor. Strong's constrain, distress, lie sore, oppressor, straiten A primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress -- constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-)press(-or), straiten. |
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