Pressing
מִיץStrong’s H4330mits
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mits is the Hebrew word usually translated “squeezing of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.”
Meaning
- Squeezing, pressing, wringing
How it's translated
- and squeezing of 2
- squeezing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מִיץ mits · pressing
squeezing, pressing, wringing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pressing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRESS'ING, participle present
tense Urging with force or weight; squeezing; constraining; crowding; embracing; distressing; forcing into service; rolling in a press.
- adjective Urgent; distressing.
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PRESS'ING, noun
The act or operation of applying force to bodies. The pressing of cloth is performed by means of the screw, or by a calendar.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.