'Constrain' in the Bible

And he sent messengers unto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city to take part against thee.

“I will make you pass under the rod [as the shepherd does with his sheep when he counts them, and I will count you as Mine and constrain you] and bring you into the bond of the covenant [to which you are permanently bound].

'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.