מָצוֹק
ma.tsoqdistressHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine6 occurrences4 books6 verses
Definition
from H6693; a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability
Traditional renderings: anguish, distress, straitness.
Traditional renderings: anguish, distress, straitness.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָצוֹק:
- ἀνάγκηanagkē“necessity”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Deuteronomy 28:53וּבְמָצ֔וֹק · and distressThen you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
- Deuteronomy 28:55וּבְמָצ֔וֹק · and distress…refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
- Deuteronomy 28:57וּבְמָצ֔וֹק · and distress…the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
- 1 Samuel 22:2מָצ֜וֹק · who were distressedAnd all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
- Psalm 119:143וּמָצ֥וֹק · and distressTrouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
- Jeremiah 19:9וּבְמָצ֔וֹק · and distressI will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’