צוֹקtsôwq

צוֺק: constraint, distress (Daniel 9:25; Daniel 9:27; Daniel 9:26)

Pronunciation: tsoke · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6695

Meanings

צוּקָה: pressure, distress, national, personal (Isaiah 8:22; Isaiah 30:6; Proverbs 1:27)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
  • Isaiah 8:22 and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.
  • Isaiah 30:6 This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt— donkeys weighed down with riches and camels loaded with treasure— all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.
  • Daniel 9:25 Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.

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).