מֵצַר
metsar · distress, straits
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4712 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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metsar (מֵצַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “distress, straits”.
Distress, a tight spot; literally, a narrow place where one is hemmed in. Its opposite is the "broad place."
How to say it
me·tsar
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
- To be hemmed in and closed around, with no way out.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- distresses ×2
- distress ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 116:3
The cords of death encompassed me, and the distresses of Sheol found me; distress and sorrow I found.
- Psalms 118:5
Out of distress I called on Yah; Yah answered me in a wide place.
- Lamentations 1:3
Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and because of great servitude; she dwells among the nations; she does not find a resting place; all her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of distresses.