Definition

to press together, tighten

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H6695 (צוֹק));

Word family

• צוֹק tsôwq

How the KJV renders it

• close
• rush
• thrust together

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.