Word Study · Strong's H6695 · Hebrew
צוֹק
tsoq
tsoke
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsôwq
“a strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress
Rendered in the KJV as
anguish, [idiom] troublous.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וּבְצ֖וֹק1
- וְצוּקָ֜ה1
- וְצוּקָֽה׃1
- צוּקָ֔ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- and distress2
- and in [the] distress of1
- distress1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 8:22צוּקָ֔הtzukahnoun · feminine singularThen they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.here: distress
- Isaiah 30:6וְצוּקָ֜הvetzukahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularThis is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.here: and distress