Straiten
Bible Usage:
- strait used 10 times.
- straiten used once.
- straitened used 8 times.
- straiteneth used once.
- straitest used once.
- straitly used 11 times.
- straitness used 5 times.
- straits used twice.
- Bible Reference: Jeremiah 19:9
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6693 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Straiten
STRAITEN, verb transitive
1. To make narrow.
In narrow circuit, straitend by a foe.
2. To contract; to confine; as, to straiten the British commerce.
3. To make tense or tight; as, to straiten a cord.
4. To distress; to perplex; to press with poverty or other necessity; as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
5. To press by want of sufficient room.
Waters when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.
Bible Usage:
- strait used 10 times.
- straiten used once.
- straitened used 8 times.
- straiteneth used once.
- straitest used once.
- straitly used 11 times.
- straitness used 5 times.
- straits used twice.
- Bible Reference: Jeremiah 19:9
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6693 Used 1 time