Definition

pressure, i.e. (figuratively) distress

Etymology

from H5781 (עוּק);

Word family

• עוּק ʻûwq

How the KJV renders it

• affliction

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.