5 occurrences in 12 translations

'Hard pressed' in the Bible

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.

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

They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

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

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחידה 
'achiydah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

איתן 
'eythan 
Usage: 13

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

חידה 
Chiydah 
Usage: 17

יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

סמך 
Camak 
Usage: 48

עמּה 
`ummah 
Usage: 32

עתק 
`athaq 
Usage: 4

פּלא 
Pala' 
Usage: 71

קשׁה 
Qashah 
Usage: 28

קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

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

גּת 
Gath 
Usage: 5

דּחף 
Dachaph 
Usage: 4

יקב 
Yeqeb 
Usage: 16

מעך 
Ma`ak 
Usage: 3

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 9

עוּק 
`uwq 
Usage: 2

פּוּרה 
Puwrah 
Usage: 2

פּצר 
Patsar 
Usage: 7

פּרץ 
Parats 
Usage: 49

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 11

שׂחט 
Sachat 
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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