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Pressure

עָקָהStrong’s H6125

aqah (a-qah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Aqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pressure of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.”
Psalms 55:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Oppression, pressure
How it's translated
  • pressure of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    עָקָה aqah · pressure

    oppression, pressure

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “pressure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PRESS'URE, noun

    [Latin pressura.]

    The act of pressing or urging with force.

    1. The act of squeezing or crushing.
    2. The state of being squeezed or crushed.
    3. The force of one body acting on another by weight or the continued application of power. pressure is occasioned by weight or gravity, by the motion of bodies, by the expansion of fluids, by elasticity, etc.
    4. A constraining force or impulse; that which urges or compels the intellectual or moral faculties; as the pressure of motives on the mind, or of fear on the conscience.
    All definitions
    1. That which afflicts the body or depresses the spirits; any severe affliction, distress, calamity or grievance; straits, difficulties, embarrassments, or the distress they occasion.
    2. Urgency; as the pressure of business.
    3. Impression; stamp; character impressed.

    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.