STRONGS NUMBER H6125


Word Summary
aqah: pressure
Original Word: עָקָה
Transliteration: aqah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: pressure
Meaning: constraint
Strong's Concordance
oppression

From uwq; constraint -- oppression.

see HEBREW uwq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6125. aqah

[עָקָה‎] noun feminine pressure (si vera lectio, Aramaic word, עָֽקְתָא ᵑ7‎, Syriac ); — only construct רָשָׁע עָקַת מִמְּנֵיPsalm 55:4 because of the pressure of the wicked; > read צַעֲקַת‎ ("" קוֺל‎; Ol and others), which means cry for help.