- Original: צוּק - Transliteration: Tsuwq - Phonetic: tsook - Definition: 1. (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1895 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to compress that is (figuratively) oppress distress: - constrain distress lie sore (op-) press (-or) straiten. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • constraineth, 1 Job 32:18 • distress, 5 Deuteronomy 28:53; Deuteronomy 28:55; Deuteronomy 28:57; Isaiah 29:2; Isaiah 29:7 • oppressor, 2 Isaiah 51:13(2) • pressed, 1 Judges 16:16 • sore, 1 Judges 14:17 • straiten, 1 Jeremiah 19:9