Strong’s Hebrew
H4712 — metsar
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
מֵצַר
metsar — pronounced may-tsar
from 6896; something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble:--distress, pain, strait. see H06896
3 occurrences in the KJV.
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
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
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: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.