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straitened

Meaning of “straitened”

1. Confined, narrowed, or restricted in room, movement, or power. 2. Inwardly pressed, distressed, or constrained. 3. Narrowed or restricted in affection or openness.

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8 occurrences7 verses6 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Job 18:7

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “straitened”

KJV PCE
Job 18:7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 18:7 · retained source text

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

Job 37:10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 37:10 · retained source text

By the breath of God, frost is giuen: and the breadth of the waters is straitned.

Proverbs 4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:12 · retained source text

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

1611 marginal notePsal.91.11.

Ezekiel 42:6
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 42:6 · retained source text

For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitned more then the lowest, and the middlemost from the ground.

Micah 2:7
¶ O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 2:7 · retained source text

¶ O thou that art named the house of Iacob, is the Spirit of the LORD straitned? are these his dongs? doe not my words do good to him that walketh vprightly?

1611 marginal noteOr, shortened.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vp right.

Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 12:50 · retained source text

But I haue a baptisme to be baptized with, and how am I straitned till it be accomplished?

1611 marginal noteOr, pained.

2 Corinthians 6:12
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 6:12 · retained source text

Yee are not straitened in vs, but yee are straitned in your owne bowels.

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