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מְצוּקָה

metsuka · distress

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4691 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

metsuka (מְצוּקָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “distress”.

Straits, narrowness; figuratively, distress, trouble.

How to say it

me·tsu·ka

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A hard, tight situation of anguish.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • straits ×6
  • distress ×1

Where it appears

  • Job 15:24

    Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the assault.

  • Psalms 25:17

    The distresses of my heart have grown wide; from my straits bring me out.

  • Psalms 107:6

    And they cried out to YHWH in their distress; from their straits he delivered them.

  • Psalms 107:13

    And they cried out to YHWH in their distress; from their straits he saved them.

  • Psalms 107:19

    And they cried out to YHWH in their distress; from their straits he saved them.

  • Psalms 107:28

    And they cried out to YHWH in their distress, and from their straits he brought them out.

  • Zephaniah 1:15

    A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and straits, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick cloud,