צוּק tsuq
Hebrew word for “to press” · Strong’s H6693 · used 11 times in 10 verses
Meaning
(Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress
How it is translated
Glosses given for tsuq in context, with how often each is used:
- will bring distress 4
- pressed 2
- oppressor 2
- has constrained 1
- those who bring distress 1
- will press 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 28 (3), Isaiah 29 (2), Judges 14 (1), Judges 16 (1), Job 32 (1), Isaiah 51 (1), Jeremiah 19 (1)
Forms
- יציק 3
- המציק 2
- הציקתהו 1
- הציקה 1
- הציקתני 1
- והציקותי 1
- והמציקים 1
- יציקו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tsuq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מָצוֹק matsoq “distress” 4
- מָצוֹר matsor “siege” 4
- אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 4
- אֲרִיאֵל ariel “Ariel” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 4
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 3
- בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 2
- ךָּ ka “you” 3
- הֶם hem “them” 3
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 2
- הָ ha “her” 2
- בַּת bat “daughter” 2
Key verses
The verses using tsuq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 28:53 — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the…
- Deuteronomy 28:55 — So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,…
- Deuteronomy 28:57 — And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things…
- Judges 14:17 — And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and…
- Judges 16:16 — And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
- Job 32:18 — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
- Isaiah 29:2 — Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
- Isaiah 29:7 — And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of…
- Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
- Jeremiah 19:9 — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and…
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.