The meaning of “מָצוֹק”
Understanding mâtsôwq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
anguish, distress, straitness. - a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability 1) straitn...
מָצוֹק
anguish, distress, straitness. - a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability 1) straitness, straits, distress, stress, anguish
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 28:55 | “So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.” Word: מָצוֹק (mâtsôwq) | |
| 1 Samuel 22:2 | “And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.” Word: מָצוֹק (mâtsôwq) | |
| Psalms 119:143 | “Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.” Word: מָצוֹק (mâtsôwq) | |
| Jeremiah 19:9 | “And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.” Word: מָצוֹק (mâtsôwq) |
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