Definition

narrowness, i.e. (figuratively) trouble

Etymology

or מְצֻקָה; feminine of H4690 (מָצוּק);

Word family

• מָצוּק mâtsûwq

How the KJV renders it

• anguish
• distress

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.