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Straits

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Greek G4727 stenázō

Original: στενάζω

Meaning:
from στενός; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly:--with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly:--with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.

Hebrew H3334 yâtsar

Original: יָצַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress; be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.

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^{Job 20:22} In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. Open

^{Lamentations 1:3} Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. Open

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