H4712: מֵצַר
mêtsar · pronounced may-tsar' · “terror”
Definition
something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble
KJV translates it as: distress, pain, strait.
Word origin: from H6896 (קֵבָה);
Extended definition
straits, distress
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4712 is translated
- the distresses of ×1
- distress ×1
- narrow places ×1
Bible verses with H4712 (mêtsar)
Mêtsar appears in 3 verses.
- Psalms 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 118:5
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
- 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.