Strong’s H4712 · Hebrew

מֵצַר
mêtsar
may-tsar'

Definition

something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble

Etymology

from H6896 (קֵבָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • distress
  • pain
  • strait

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.