Numbers 22:26
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
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Narrow
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Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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אָטַם
ʼâṭam · aw-tam'
4 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
Strong's KJV usage: narrow, shut, stop.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:4Strong's last: Ezekiel 41:26
Open full H331 profile →צַר
tsar · tsar
2 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 22:26Strong's last: Proverbs 23:27
Open full H6862 profile →θλίβω
thlíbō · thlee'-bo
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to crowd (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 7:14Strong's last: Matthew 7:14
Open full G2346 profile →אוּץ
ʼûwts · oots
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
Strong's KJV usage: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Strong's first: Joshua 17:15Strong's last: Joshua 17:15
Open full H213 profile →יָצַר
yâtsar · yaw-tsar'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
Strong's KJV usage: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 49:19Strong's last: Isaiah 49:19
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H6862
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
H213
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
H331
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
H6862
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
H3334
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
H331
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
H331
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
H331
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
G2346
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
English meaning and historical usage.
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narrow
NARROW, adjective I suspect this word and near to be contracted by the loss of g, nig, narrow strait; nigiaw, to narrow; for the D. has naauw, narrow close, G. with a prefix. In this case, the word belongs to the root of nigh; to approach.
1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow sea; a narrow hem or border. It is only or chiefly applied to the surface of flat or level bodies.
2. Of little extent; very limited; as a narrow space or compass.
3. Covetous; not liberal or bountiful; as a narrow heart.
4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited.
The greatest understanding is narrow
In this sense and the former, it is often prefixed to mind or soul, _ c. ; as narrow-minded; narrow-souled; narrow-hearted.
5. Near; within a small distance.
6. Close; near; accurate; scrutinizing; as a narrow search; narrow inspection.
7. Near; barely sufficient to avoid evil; as a narrow escape.
NARROW, noun A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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