8 occurrences in 10 translations

'Pressing' in the Bible

"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough." Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau accepted the gifts.

Then you will eat the offspring of your own body [to avoid starvation], the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, during the siege and the misery by which your enemy will oppress you.

And the drinking is according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.

For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.

‘There is no one to plead your cause;No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound,No recovery for you.

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

"They all come to oppress hordes of them, their faces pressing onward they take prisoners as numerous as the desert sand!

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּת 
Gath 
Usage: 5

דּחף 
Dachaph 
Usage: 4

יקב 
Yeqeb 
Usage: 16

מעך 
Ma`ak 
Usage: 3

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 9

עוּק 
`uwq 
Usage: 2

פּוּרה 
Puwrah 
Usage: 2

פּצר 
Patsar 
Usage: 7

פּרץ 
Parats 
Usage: 49

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 11

שׂחט 
Sachat 
Usage: 1

ἀποθλίβω 
Apothlibo 
Usage: 1

βαρέω 
Bareo 
be heavy , be pressed , be burdened , be charged
Usage: 6

βιάζω 
Biazo 
Usage: 0

ἐπίκειμαι 
Epikeimai 
press upon , be instant , lie , be laid thereon , lie on , be laid upon , be imposed on
Usage: 7

ἐπιπίπτω 
Epipipto 
fall , fall on , press , lie
Usage: 12

ὄχλος 
Ochlos 
Usage: 172

πιέζω 
Piezo 
Usage: 0

συνέχω 
sunecho 
be taken with , throng , straiten , keep in , hold , stop , press , lie sick of , constrain , be in a strait
Usage: 10

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