7 occurrences

'Strait' in the Bible

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 coverts, and in pits.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

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

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessRegretDanger From MenMercyMaking DecisionsDecision Making

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

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsSchoolsNo RoomSchoolspace

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

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfRegretMiseryempathy

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.

Verse ConceptsWaste Places RestoredFar From Here

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
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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