13 occurrences in 6 translations

'Strait' in the Bible

and the messenger of Jehovah addeth to pass over, and standeth in a strait place where there is no way to turn aside -- right or left --

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אצל 
'atsal 
Usage: 5

יצר 
Yatsar 
distressed , be straitened , be in straits , vexed , be narrow
Usage: 8

מוּצק מוּצק 
Muwtsaq 
Usage: 3

מצוק 
Matsowq 
Usage: 6

מצר 
metsar 
Usage: 3

נחה 
Nachah 
Usage: 39

סגר 
Cagar 
Usage: 93

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 11

צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

קצר 
Qatsar 
Usage: 49

שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

ἀκριβέστατος 
Akribestatos 
Usage: 1

ἀπειλή 
Apeile 
Usage: 4

ἐμβριμάομαι 
Embrimaomai 
Usage: 5

παραγγελία 
Paraggelia 
Usage: 5

στενός 
Stenos 
Usage: 0

στενοχωρέω 
Stenochoreo 
Usage: 3

συνέχω 
sunecho 
be taken with , throng , straiten , keep in , hold , stop , press , lie sick of , constrain , be in a strait
Usage: 10

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