To press
צוּקStrong’s H6693tsuq
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsuq is the Hebrew word usually translated “bring distress”, “oppressor” and “pressed him”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:”
Meaning
- (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress
How it's translated
- he will bring distress 3
- the oppressor 2
- she pressed him 1
- she pressed 1
- it has constrained me 1
- and i will bring distress 1
- and those bring distress 1
- they will press 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 3
- Isaiah 3
- Judges 2
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 28:55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
- Deuteronomy 28:57And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
- Judges 14:17And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
- Judges 16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
- Job 32:18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
- Isaiah 29:2Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Hebrew dictionary
צוּק tsuq · to press
(Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “press” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRESS, verb transitive
[Latin pressus.]
- To urge with force or weight; a word of extensive use, denoting the application of any power, physical or moral, to something that is to be moved or affected.
- To squeeze; to crush; as, to press grapes. Genesis 40:11
- To drive with violence; to hurry; as, to press a horse in motion, or in a race.
- To urge; to enforce; to inculcate with earnestness; as, to press divine truth on an audience.
All definitions and other forms of “press”
- To embrace closely; to hug.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.
- To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or with difficulties.
- To constrain; to compel; to urge by authority or necessity.“The posts that rode on mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment” Esther 8:14
- To urge; to impose by importunity.
- To urge or solicit with earnestness or importunity.
- To urge; to constrain.“Paul was pressed in spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ” Acts 18:5
- To squeeze for making smooth; as cloth or paper.
PRESS, verb intransitive
To urge or strain in motion; to urge forward with force.
- “I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” Philippians 3:14
- To bear on with force; to encroach.
- To bear on with force; to crowd; to throng.
- To approach unseasonably or importunately.
- To urge with vehemence and importunity.“He pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in to him” Genesis 19:3
- To urge by influence or moral force.
- To push with force; as, to press against the door.
PRESS, noun
- An instrument or machine by which any body is squeezed, crushed or forced into a more compact form; as a wine-press, cider-press or cheese-press.
- A machine for printing; a printing-press.
- The art or business of printing and publishing.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude of individuals crowded together.“And when they could not come nigh to him for the press--” Mark 2:4
- The act of urging or pushing forward.
- A wine-vat or cistern. Haggai 2:16
- A case of closet for the safe keeping of garments.
- Urgency; urgent demands of affairs; as a press of business.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy; for impress.
PRESS'-BED, noun
A bed that may be raised and inclosed in a case.
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.