Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4712
מֵצַר
me.tsar · “terror”
Used 3 times across 2 books
Definition
straits, distress
Where it appears
Psalms2
Lamentations1
In the text
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.Psalms 118:5I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.Lamentations 1:3Judah 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.
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