Strong H4712מֵצַר
straits
- Transliteration
- mêtsar
- Pronunciation
- may-tsar'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H6896; something {tight} that {is} (figuratively) trouble: - {distress} {pain} strait.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: terror
Exact lexical definition: straits
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: מֵצַר n.[m.] straits , distress ;—abs.
In the Bible
Strong H4712 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- distress1
- pain1
- strait1
First verses
- Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 118:5I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
- Lamentations 1:3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.