H4712 מֵצַר

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

מֵצַר

mêtsar · may-tsar'

Definition

something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble

KJV Renderings

distress, pain, strait.

Derivation / Etymology

from H6896 (קֵבָה);

KJV Verses (3)

Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 118:5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
Lamentations 1:3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.