Strong’s
H4712Noun, masculine3 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Psalm 116:3וּמְצָרֵי
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Lamentations 1:3הַמְּצָרִים ס
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֵצַר n.[m.] straits, distress;—abs.
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.