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It is often used in contexts where there is a sense of being under pressure or experiencing oppression. This can be physical, emotional, or spiritual in nature. The term suggests a situation where one is hemmed in or restricted, often leading to distress or hardship.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite society, the concept of being "pressed" or "oppressed" was not only a physical reality but also a metaphor for spiritual and social conditions. The Israelites often faced oppression from surrounding nations, and this term would resonate with their experiences of being besieged or constrained by enemies. Additionally, the idea of oppression was significant in the context of social justice, where the prophets frequently spoke against the oppression of the poor and marginalized.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to constrain, bring into straits, press upon<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bring distress (1), constrains (1), distress (2), oppress (3), oppressor (2), pressed (1), pressed him so hard (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. [<font class="hebrew2">צוּק</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb Hiph`il</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>constrain, bring into straits, press upon</b></font> (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">צוּק</font> <em>be distressed</em> (rare), Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb084708.gif"> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb084709.gif">) <em>be narrow, tight</em>, so Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb084710.gif">; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">עִיק</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb084711.gif">; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb084712.gif">); — Perfect 3 feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">הֵצִיקָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/16-16.htm">Judges 16:16</a>, suffix <font class="hebrew2">הֱצִיקַתְהוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/14-17.htm">Judges 14:17</a>, <font class="hebrew2">נִ֑י</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/32-18.htm">Job 32:18</a> (Gi <a href="/interlinear/job/32-19.htm">Job 32:19</a>); 1singular <font class="hebrew2">וַהֲצִיקוֺתִ֫י</font> consecutive <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-2.htm">Isaiah 29:2</a>; <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יָצִיק</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53</a> 2t.; 3 masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">יָצִיקוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a>; <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">מֵצִיק</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51-13.htm">Isaiah 51:13</a> (twice in verse), plural <font class="hebrew2">מְצִיקִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-7.htm">Isaiah 29:7</a>; — <em>bring into straits</em>, by importunity with <font class="hebrew2">ל</font> person <a href="/interlinear/judges/16-16.htm">Judges 16:16</a>, with suffix person <a href="/interlinear/judges/14-17.htm">Judges 14:17</a>; <em>constrain</em> (to speak) <a href="/interlinear/job/32-18.htm">Job 32:18</a> (suffix person); elsewhere of <em>bringing into straits</em> a city or people, with <font class="hebrew2">ל</font>, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-2.htm">Isaiah 29:2</a>,7, so <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-6.htm">Isaiah 7:6</a> (reading <font class="hebrew2">וּנְצִיקֶנָּה</font> for <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ0</font> <font class="hebrew2">וּנְקִיצֶנָּה</font>), Thes Che Du Gr Marti, compare formula <font class="hebrew2">לְ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בְּמָצוֺר וּבְמָצוֺק אֲשֶׁר יָצ</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53</a>,55,57; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a>; participle absolute <font class="hebrew2">הַמֵּצִיק</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51-13.htm">Isaiah 51:13</a> (twice in verse) <em>the oppressor</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>constrain, distress, lie sore, oppressor, straiten <p>A primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress -- constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-)press(-or), straiten. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ הֵצִ֨יקָה הַמֵּצִ֔יק הַמֵּצִֽיק׃ המציק המציק׃ הציקה הציקתהו הציקתני וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי והמציקים והציקותי יָצִ֥יק יָצִ֧יקוּ יציק יציקו ham·mê·ṣîq hammêṣîq hammeTzik hê·ṣî·qāh hĕ·ṣî·qaṯ·hū hĕ·ṣî·qaṯ·nî hêṣîqāh hĕṣîqaṯhū hĕṣîqaṯnî heTzikah hetziKathu hetziKatni vahatziKoti vehammetziKim wa·hă·ṣî·qō·w·ṯî wahăṣîqōwṯî wə·ham·mə·ṣî·qîm wəhamməṣîqîm yā·ṣî·qū yā·ṣîq yāṣîq yāṣîqū yaTzik yaTziku<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/28-53.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 28:53</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁר־ <b> יָצִ֥יק </b> לְךָ֖ אֹיְבֶֽךָ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by which your enemy <span class="itali">will oppress</span> you.<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wherewith thine enemies <span class="itali">shall distress</span> thee:<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-53.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the distress which <span class="itali">will oppress</span> enemies<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/28-55.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 28:55</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר <b> יָצִ֥יק </b> לְךָ֛ אֹיִבְךָ֖</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your enemy <span class="itali">will oppress</span> you in all<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wherewith thine enemies <span class="itali">shall distress</span> thee in all thy gates.<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-55.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the distress which <span class="itali">will oppress</span> enemies all<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/28-57.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 28:57</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר <b> יָצִ֥יק </b> לְךָ֛ אֹיִבְךָ֖</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your enemy <span class="itali">will oppress</span> you in your towns.<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wherewith thine enemy <span class="itali">shall distress</span> thee in thy gates.<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-57.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the distress which <span class="itali">will oppress</span> enemy your towns<p><b><a href="/text/judges/14-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 14:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָהּ֙ כִּ֣י <b> הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ </b> וַתַּגֵּ֥ד הַחִידָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her because <span class="itali">she pressed him so hard.</span> She then told<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that he told <span class="itali">her, because she lay sore</span> upon him: and she told<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/14-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> told her because <span class="itali">pressed</span> told the riddle<p><b><a href="/text/judges/16-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 16:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַ֠יְהִי כִּֽי־ <b> הֵצִ֨יקָה </b> לּ֧וֹ בִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> about when <span class="itali">she pressed</span> him daily<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And it came to pass, when she pressed</span> him daily<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/16-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came when <span class="itali">pressed</span> her words him<p><b><a href="/text/job/32-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 32:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים <b> הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי </b> ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The spirit within <span class="itali">me constrains</span> me.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the spirit within <span class="itali">me constraineth</span> me.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/32-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I am full of words <span class="itali">constrains</span> the spirit within<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/29-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 29:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי </b> לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">I will bring distress</span> to Ariel,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Yet I will distress</span> Ariel,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">will bring</span> to Ariel become<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/29-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 29:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">צֹבֶ֙יהָ֙ וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ <b> וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים </b> לָֽהּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> against her and her stronghold, <span class="itali">and who distress</span> her, Will be like a dream,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> against her and her munition, <span class="itali">and that distress</span> her, shall be as a dream<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> war stronghold <span class="itali">distress</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/51-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 51:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִפְּנֵי֙ חֲמַ֣ת <b> הַמֵּצִ֔יק </b> כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר כּוֹנֵ֖ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/51.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the fury <span class="itali">of the oppressor,</span> As he makes ready<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/51.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the fury <span class="itali">of the oppressor,</span> as if<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> because of the fury <span class="itali">of the oppressor</span> if makes<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/51-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 51:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאַיֵּ֖ה חֲמַ֥ת <b> הַמֵּצִֽיק׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/51.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is the fury <span class="itali">of the oppressor?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/51.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and where [is] the fury <span class="itali">of the oppressor?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> where is the fury <span class="itali">of the oppressor</span><p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/19-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 19:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר <b> יָצִ֧יקוּ </b> לָהֶ֛ם אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> their life <span class="itali">will distress</span> them.'<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> their lives, <span class="itali">shall straiten</span> them.<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the distress which <span class="itali">will distress</span> their enemies seek<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6693.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6693.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6693<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hammetzik_6693.htm">ham·mê·ṣîq — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hetzikah_6693.htm">hê·ṣî·qāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hetzikathu_6693.htm">hĕ·ṣî·qaṯ·hū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hetzikatni_6693.htm">hĕ·ṣî·qaṯ·nî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vahatzikoti_6693.htm">wa·hă·ṣî·qō·w·ṯî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehammetzikim_6693.htm">wə·ham·mə·ṣî·qîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yatzik_6693.htm">yā·ṣîq — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yatziku_6693.htm">yā·ṣî·qū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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