# מֵצַר (metsar)

Israeli respelling: me-tsar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4712. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble

King James renderings: distress, pain, strait.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/metsar-h4712

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 116:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/116/3) — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- [Psalms 118:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/118/5) — I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
- [Lamentations 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/3) — Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: al…