מָצוֹק (māṣôq) is a Hebrew noun meaning straitness. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4689).

Also rendered

• distress

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1895d)

Root family 1895: צוּק ṣûq — I, constrain, press, bring into straits. Occurs only in the Hiphil

• צוּק ṣûq — constrain
• מְצוּקָה mĕṣûqâ — narrowness
• צוֹק ṣûqâ — constraint
• מוּצָק mûṣāq — constraint

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