King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4712
Transliteration: metsar
Phonetic Spelling: (may-tsar')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: straits, distress
Meaning: something tight, trouble
Word Summary
metsar: straits, distress
Original Word: מֵצַרTransliteration: metsar
Phonetic Spelling: (may-tsar')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: straits, distress
Meaning: something tight, trouble
Strong's Concordance
distress, pain, strait From qebah; something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble -- distress, pain, strait.
see HEBREW qebah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4712. metsar
מֵצַר noun [masculine] straits, distress; — absolute קָרָאתִי הַמֵּצַר מִןֿ Psalm 118:5; plural הַמְּצָרִים Lamentations 1:3 the distresses, of conquered Judah; construct שְׁאוֺל מְצָרֵי Psalm 116:3 the straits of Sheol, i.e. the worst possible ("" חֶבְלֵימָֿוֶת).