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Lexicon :: Strong's H6693 - ṣûq

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צוּק
Transliteration
ṣûq
Pronunciation
tsook
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1895

Strong’s Definitions

צוּק tsûwq, tsook; a primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress:—constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H6693 in the following manner: distress (5x), oppressor (2x), sore (1x), press (1x), straiten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H6693 in the following manner: distress (5x), oppressor (2x), sore (1x), press (1x), straiten (1x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוּק tsûwq, tsook; a primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress:—constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.
STRONGS H6693: Abbreviations
† I. [צוּק] verb
Hiph. constrain, bring into straits, press upon (Late Hebrew צוּק be distressed (rare), Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb084708 (bdb084709) be narrow, tight, so Ethiopic bdb084710; Aramaic עִיק, bdb084711; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb084712); — Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הֵצִיקָה Judges 16:16, suffix הֱצִיקַתְהוּ Judges 14:17, נִ֑י Job 32:18 (Gi Job 32:19); 1st person singular וַהֲצִיקוֺתִ֫י consecutive Isaiah 29:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָצִיק Deuteronomy 28:53 + 2 times; 3rd person 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 MT 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

28:53; 28:53; 28:55; 28:57

Judges

14:17; 14:17; 16:16; 16:16

Job

32:18; 32:18; 32:19

Isaiah

7:6; 29:2; 29:2; 29:7; 29:7; 51:13; 51:13

Jeremiah

19:9; 19:9

H6693

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6693 matches the Hebrew צוּק (ṣûq),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:16 - With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 - For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:2 - Yet I will besiege Ariel; she will mourn and lament, she will be to me like an altar hearth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Ariel, that attack her and her fortress and besiege her, will be as it is with a dream, with a vision in the night—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - that you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’
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