- Original: מעך - Transliteration: Ma`ak - Phonetic: maw-ak' - Definition: 1. to press, squeeze a. (Qal) to be crushed b. (Pual) to be handled, be pressed - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1229 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to press that is to pierce emasculate handle: - bruised stuck be pressed. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • bruised, 1 Leviticus 22:24 • pressed, 1 Ezekiel 23:3 • stuck, 1 1 Samuel 26:7