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צוּק H6693
H6693 is the Hebrew word צוּק, transliterated tsûwq and said tsook. The King James Version most often renders it distress.
What it means
to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.
Verses using צוּק
All 7 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 28:55 · KJV
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 thee in all thy gates.
Deuteronomy 28:57 · KJV
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 thee in thy gates.
Judges 14:17 · KJV
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 upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
Judges 16:16 · KJV
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Isaiah 29:2 · KJV
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isaiah 29:7 · KJV
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Isaiah 51:13 · KJV
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?
Common questions
What does Strong's H6693 mean?
H6693 is the Hebrew word צוּק (tsûwq), meaning to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress.
How is H6693 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it distress (3 times), because she lay sore (1 time), pass when she pressed (1 time), yet i will distress (1 time), oppressor (1 time).
How many times does H6693 appear in the Bible?
צוּק (tsûwq) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6693 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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