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
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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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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