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straitness

Meaning of “straitness”

Narrowness; hence, distress.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
5 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:53

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “straitness”

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Deuteronomy 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:53 · retained source text

And thou shalt eate the fruit of thine owne body, the flesh of thy sonnes, and of thy daughters (which the LORD thy God hath giuen thee) in the siege, and in the straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shall distresse thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. belly.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. 2.king. 6.29. lam. 4.10. baruc. 2.3.

Deuteronomy 28:55
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:55 · retained source text

So that he wil not giue to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eate: because hee hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shal distresse thee, in all thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:57
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:57 · retained source text

And towards her yong one that commeth out from betweene her feete, and towards her children which shee shall beare: for shee shall eate them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie shall distresse thee in thy gates.

1611 marginal noteHebr. after-birth.

Job 36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 36:16 · retained source text

Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the rest of thy table.

Jeremiah 19:9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 19:9 · retained source text

And I will cause them to eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters, and they shal eate euery one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitnesse, wherewith their enemies, and they that seeke their liues, shall straiten them.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. deu. 28.53. lam.4.10.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

narrowness; hence, distress.

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