HebrewH6693Verb

צוּק

tsuq

10Occurrences
H6693Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

צוּק appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
3
Isaiah
3
Judges
2
Jeremiah
1
Job
1

Key Passages

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 28:57BSB

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.

Isaiah 29:7BSB

All the many nationsgoing out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her,laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream,like a vision in the night,

Judges 14:17BSB

She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.

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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