Words the Bible translates as press
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sunechōσυνέχωto hold together or press in from every side: to hold shut, hem in, grip, or drive onward
- laḥatsלָחַץto bear down on with crushing pressure: to press or squeeze something physically, and so to oppress or afflict a person or a people
- tsuqצוּקto press hard on someone until there is no room left: to hem in, harass, or wear down by relentless pressure
- utsאוּץto move or drive with pressing urgency: to hurry, or to press someone else to hurry
- patsarפָּצַרto press a person hard: to keep pushing at someone who is holding back, until they give way
+1 more meaning
- pushiness: a stubborn insistence on getting one's own way
- sunthlibōσυνθλίβωto press in on someone from every side; of a crowd, to throng and physically crush a person.
- asasעָסַסto pressnot studied yet
- tsaharצָהַרto pressnot studied yet
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