- Original: מצוק - Transliteration: Matsowq - Phonetic: maw-tsoke' - Definition: 1. straitness, straits, distress, stress, anguish - Origin: from H6693 - TWOT entry: 1895d - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H6693 ; a narrow place that is (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability: - anguish distress straitness. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • anguish, 1 Psalm 119:143 • distress, 1 1 Samuel 22:2 • straitness, 4 Deuteronomy 28:53; Deuteronomy 28:55; Deuteronomy 28:57; Jeremiah 19:9