From G4862 and G2192; to hold {together} that {is} to compress (the {ears} with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively to {compel}perplex6 {afflict}preoccupy: - {constrain} {hold} keep {in} {press} lie sick {of} {stop} be in a {strait} {straiten} be taken {with} throng.