צוּקtsûwq

Hiph`il: constrain, bring into straits, press upon, the oppressor (Judges 16:16; Judges 14:17; Job 32:18)

Pronunciation: tsook · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6693

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:53 “The siege and terrible distress of the enemy’s attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you.
  • Deuteronomy 28:55 He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.
  • Deuteronomy 28:57 She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.
  • Judges 14:17 So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.
  • Judges 16:16 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.
  • Job 32:18 For I am full of pent-up words, and the spirit within me urges me on.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).