HebrewH4689Noun (Masculine)

מָצוֹק

ma.tsoq

6Occurrences
H4689Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability

from H6693 (צוּק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
straitness, straits, distress, stress, anguish

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מָצוֹק appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
3
1 Samuel
1
Jeremiah
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 22:2BSB

And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

Deuteronomy 28:53BSB

Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

Deuteronomy 28:55BSB

refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.

Deuteronomy 28:57BSB

the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

Jeremiah 19:9BSB

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

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