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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3334 - Straits

Strong's No.:H3334

Hebrew:יָצַר

Transliteration:yâtsar

Phonetic:yaw-tsar'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:be {distressed} be {narrow} be straitened (in {straits}) be vexed.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to press ({intransitively}) that {is} be narrow; figuratively be in distress


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige

a. (Qal) to suffer distress


Bible References:
Straits

Translation
Occurrences:
distressed ( 4 )
narrow ( 1 )
straitened ( 2 )
straits ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.