13 occurrences in 6 translations

'Distressing' in the Bible

When the famine was spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold [surplus grain] to the Egyptians; and the famine grew [extremely] severe in the land of Egypt.

Now the famine was very severe in the land [of Canaan].

for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

'And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies.

Moreover, the Lord showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;

David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

that the king hath given to the Jews who are in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.

Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"

And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
יצר 
Yatsar 
distressed , be straitened , be in straits , vexed , be narrow
Usage: 8

מצוק 
Matsowq 
Usage: 6

מצקה מצוּקה 
M@tsuwqah 
Usage: 7

מצר 
metsar 
Usage: 3

נגשׂ 
Nagas 
Usage: 23

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 11

צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 38

צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

צרה 
Tsarah 
Usage: 73

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

קוּץ 
Quwts 
Usage: 8

ἀναγκή 
Anagke 
Usage: 15

στενοχωρέω 
Stenochoreo 
Usage: 3

στενοχωρία 
Stenochoria 
Usage: 4

συνόχη 
sunoche 
Usage: 1

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