Definition
to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
Derivation
from G4862 (σύν) and G2192 (ἔχω);
King James Version Usage
constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng