Quick Definition
pressure
Strong's Definition
constraint
Derivation: from H5781 (עוּק);
KJV Usage: oppression.
TWOT Reference: 1585a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) oppression, pressure
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָקָה (a.qah) — pressure. oppression, pressure
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עוק
Unsafe | ≈ קֹול
clamor meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which humans utter loud and intimidating noises
1 PSA 55:4 NJB "outcry" REB "clamour" | LXX "θλίψεως" NETS "affliction" RSV NJPS GNT ESV "oppression" | NIV "stares"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָקָה] n.f. pressure;—only cstr. ψ 55:4 ref