Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
constraint
Usage: constraint, distress
Strong's Number
H4164
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
3
Books
2
Strong's H4164 Quick Answer
Strong's H4164 מוּצַק מוּצָק (muwtsaq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. muwtsaq (moo-tsak') (or muwtsaq {moo-tsawk'}) n-m. 1. narrowness 2. (figuratively) distress It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include straitness and straitened. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- muwtsaq (moo-tsak') (or muwtsaq {moo-tsawk'}) n-m. 1. narrowness 2. (figuratively) distress
- Usage
- 3 linked usages
- Books
- 2 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- straitness and straitened
Meaning and Definition
muwtsaq (moo-tsak') (or muwtsaq {moo-tsawk'}) n-m. 1. narrowness 2. (figuratively) distress [from H3332] KJV: anguish, is straitened, straitness. Root(s): H3332
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4164. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H4164 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render muwtsaq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H4164 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 3 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H4164 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H4164 in the Old Testament
3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
Usage Excerpts
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4164.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4164, grouped by book.
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H4164 FAQ
What does mutsaq (מוּצַק) mean?
Mutsaq (Strong's H4164) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "narrowness". muwtsaq (moo-tsak') (or muwtsaq {moo-tsawk'}) n-m. 1. narrowness 2. (figuratively) distress
How many times is mutsaq (מוּצַק) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H4164 across 2 books.
Where can I study mutsaq (מוּצַק) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4164 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate mutsaq (מוּצַק)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as straitness and straitened. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.