Definition

a strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress

Etymology

or (feminine) צוּקָה; from H6693 (צוּק);

Word family

• צוּק tsûwq

How the KJV renders it

• anguish
• troublous

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.