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Straiten

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Greek G4729 stenochōréō

Original: στενοχωρέω

Meaning:
from the same as στενοχωρία; to hem in closely, i.e. (figuratively) cramp:--distress, straiten.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to hem in closely, i.e. (figuratively) cramp:--distress, straiten.

Greek G4912 synéchō

Original: συνέχω

Meaning:
from σύν and ἔχω; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy:--constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy:--constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.

Hebrew H680 ʼâtsal

Original: אָצַל

Meaning:
a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from אֵצֶל; to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract; keep, reserve, straiten, take.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: keep, reserve, straiten, take.

Hebrew H5148 nâchâh

Original: נָחָה

Meaning:
a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists); bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.

Hebrew H6693 tsûwq

Original: צוּק

Meaning:
a primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress; constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.

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Hebrew H7114 qâtsar

Original: קָצַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain); [idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.

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Jeremiah 19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. Open

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