1 occurrence

'Hard pressed' in the Bible

The men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, and Saul required the army to take an oath: "Cursed is the person who eats food before evening and before I've been avenged of my enemies." So no one tasted food.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFasting, Nature OfPromises, HumanRashnessAdjurationCursing The UngodlyMan AvengingVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

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Distressed (104 instances)
Hard-Pressed (4 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δυσερμήνευτος 
Dusermeneutos 
hard to be uttered
Usage: 1

δύσκολος 
Duskolos 
Usage: 0

δυσνόητος 
Dusnoetos 
Usage: 1

σκληρός 
Skleros 
hard , fierce -
Usage: 3

συνομορέω 
sunomoreo 
Usage: 1

ἀποθλίβω 
Apothlibo 
Usage: 1

βαρέω 
Bareo 
be heavy , be pressed , be burdened , be charged
Usage: 6

βιάζω 
Biazo 
Usage: 0

ἐπίκειμαι 
Epikeimai 
press upon , be instant , lie , be laid thereon , lie on , be laid upon , be imposed on
Usage: 7

ἐπιπίπτω 
Epipipto 
fall , fall on , press , lie
Usage: 12

ὄχλος 
Ochlos 
Usage: 172

πιέζω 
Piezo 
Usage: 0

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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