strait , 1CH , 21:13 strait , 1SA , 13:6 strait , 2KI , 6:1 strait , 2SA , 24:14 strait , ISA , 49:20 strait , JOB , 36:16 strait , LU , 13:24 strait , MT , 7:13 , MT , 7:14 strait , PHP , 1:23 straiten , JER , 19:9 straitened , MIC , 2:7 straitened , PR , 4:12 straitened , LU , 12:50 straitened , EZE , 42:6 straitened , 2CO , 6:12 , 2CO , 6:12 straitened , JOB , 18:7 , JOB , 37:10 straiteneth , JOB , 12:23 straitest , AC , 26:5 straitly , 1SA , 14:28 straitly , AC , 4:17 , AC , 5:28 straitly , EX , 13:19 straitly , GE , 43:7 straitly , JOS , 6:1 straitly , LU , 9:21 straitly , MR , 1:43 , MR , 3:12 , MR , 5:43 straitly , MT , 9:30 straitness , JER , 19:9 straitness , JOB , 36:16 straitness , DE , 28:53 , DE , 28:55 , DE , 28:57 straits , JOB , 20:22 straits , LA , 1:3 ~~~~~~ strait 4728 # stenos {sten-os'}; probably from the base of 2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about): -- {strait}. [ql strait 4912 # sunecho {soon-ekh'-o}; from 4862 and 2192; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy: -- constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a {strait}, straiten, be taken with, throng.[ql ~~~~~~ strait Interlinear Index Study strait 1SA 013 006 When the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that they were in a {strait} <06887 +tsarar > , ( for the people <05971 + were distressed <05065 +nagas > , ) then the people <05971 + did hide <2244> themselves in caves <04631 +m@ , and in thickets <02337 +chavach > , and in rocks <05553 +cela< > , and in high <06877 +ts@riyach > places , and in pits <00953 +bowr > . strait 2SA 024 014 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto Gad <01410 +Gad > , I am in a great <03966 +m@ {strait} <06887 +tsarar > : let us fall <05307 +naphal > now <04994 +na> > into the hand <03027 +yad > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; for his mercies <07356 +racham > [ are ] great <07227 +rab > : and let me not fall <05307 +naphal > into the hand <03027 +yad > of man <00120 +>adam > . strait 2KI 006 001 . And the sons <01121 +ben > of the prophets <05030 +nabiy> > said <00559 +>amar > unto Elisha <00477 +>Eliysha< > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > now <04994 +na> > , the place <04725 +maqowm > where we dwell <03427 +yashab > with thee is too {strait} <06862 +tsar > for us . strait 1CH 021 013 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto Gad <01410 +Gad > , I am in a great <03966 +m@ {strait} <06887 +tsarar > : let me fall <05307 +naphal > now <04994 +na> > into the hand <03027 +yad > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; for very <03966 +m@ great <07227 +rab > [ are ] his mercies <07356 +racham > : but let me not fall <05307 +naphal > into the hand <03027 +yad > of man <00120 +>adam > . strait JOB 036 016 Even so would he have removed <05493 +cuwr > thee out of the {strait} <06862 +tsar > [ into ] a broad <07338 +rachab > place , where [ there is ] no <03808 +lo> > straitness <04164 +muwtsaq > ; and that which should be set <05183 +Nachath > on thy table <07979 +shulchan > [ should be ] full <04390 +male> > of fatness <01880 +deshen > . strait ISA 049 020 The children <01121 +ben > which thou shalt have , after thou hast lost <07923 +shikkuliym > the other , shall say <00559 +>amar > again <05750 + in thine ears <00241 +>ozen > , The place <04725 +maqowm > [ is ] too {strait} <06862 +tsar > for me : give <05066 +nagash > place <04725 +maqowm > to me that I may dwell <03427 +yashab > . strait MAT 007 013 Enter <1525 -eiserchomai -> ye in at <1223 - dia -> the {strait} <4728 -stenos -> gate <4439 -pule -> : for wide <4116 -platus -> [ is ] the gate <4439 -pule -> , and broad <2149 -euruchoros -> [ is ] the way <3598 -hodos -> , that leadeth <0520 -apago -> to destruction <0684 -apoleia -> , and many <4183 -polus -> there be which <3588 -ho -> go <1525 - eiserchomai -> in thereat <0846 -autos -> : strait MAT 007 014 Because <3754 -hoti -> {strait} <4728 -stenos -> [ is ] the gate <4439 -pule -> , and narrow <2346 -thlibo -> [ is ] the way <3598 -hodos -> , which <3588 -ho -> leadeth <0520 -apago -> unto life <2222 -zoe -> , and few <3641 -oligos - > there be that find <2147 -heurisko -> it . strait LUK 013 024 Strive LUK 0075 -agonizomai - to enter 1525 - eiserchomai - in at 1223 -dia - the {strait} 4728 -stenos - gate 4439 -pule - : for many 4183 -polus - , I say 3004 -lego - unto you , will seek 2212 -zeteo - to enter 1525 -eiserchomai - in , and shall not be able 2480 -ischuo - . strait PHP 001 023 For I am in a {strait} <4912 -sunecho -> betwixt <1537 -ek -> two <1417 -duo -> , having <2192 -echo -> a desire <1939 -epithumia -> to depart <0360 -analuo -> , and to be with Christ <5547 -Christos -> ; which is far <3123 -mallon - > better <2909 -kreitton -> : ~~~~~~ because strait place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us <2KI6 -:1 > strait betwixt two strait gate strait gate too strait for me * strait , 4728 , 4912 , - strait , 6862 , 6887 , straitly GEN 043 007 And they said <00559 +>amar > , The man <00376 +>iysh > asked <07592 +sha>al > us {straitly} of our state , and of our kindred <04138 +mowledeth > , saying <00559 +>amar > , [ Is ] your father <1> yet alive <02416 +chay > ? have <03426 +yesh > ye [ another ] brother <00251 +>ach > ? and we told <05046 +nagad > him according <05921 + to the tenor <06310 +peh > of these <00428 +>el - leh > words <01697 +dabar > : could we certainly know <03045 +yada< > that he would say <00559 +>amar > , Bring <03381 +yarad > your brother <00251 +>ach > down <03381 +yarad > ? straitly EXO 013 019 And Moses <04872 +Mosheh > took <03947 +laqach > the bones <06106 + of Joseph <03130 +Yowceph > with him : for he had {straitly} sworn <07650 +shaba< > the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying <00559 +>amar > , God <00430 +>elohiym > will surely visit <06485 +paqad > you ; and ye shall carry <05927 + up my bones <06106 + away hence <02088 +zeh > with you . straitness DEU 028 053 And thou shalt eat <00398 +>akal > the fruit <06529 +p@riy > of thine own body <00990 +beten > , the flesh <01320 +basar > of thy sons <01121 +ben > and of thy daughters <01121 +ben > , which <00834 +>aher > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > hath given <05414 +nathan > thee , in the siege <04692 +matsowr > , and in the {straitness} <04689 +matsowq > , wherewith <00834 +>aher > thine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > shall distress <06693 +tsuwq > thee : straitness DEU 028 055 So that he will not give <05414 +nathan > to any <00259 +>echad > of them of the flesh <01320 +basar > of his children <01121 +ben > whom <00834 +>aher > he shall eat <00398 +>akal > : because he hath nothing <03605 +kol > left <07604 +sha>ar > him in the siege <04692 +matsowr > , and in the {straitness} <04689 +matsowq > , wherewith <00834 +>aher > thine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > shall distress <06693 +tsuwq > thee in all <03605 +kol > thy gates <08179 +sha . straitness DEU 028 057 And toward her young <07988 +shilyah > one that cometh <03318 +yatsa> > out from between <00996 +beyn > her feet <07272 +regel > , and toward her children <01121 +ben > which <00834 +>aher > she shall bear <03205 +yalad > : for she shall eat <00398 +>akal > them for want <02640 +chocer > of all <03605 +kol > [ things ] secretly <05643 +cether > in the siege <04692 +matsowr > and {straitness} <04689 +matsowq > , wherewith <00834 +>aher > thine enemy <00341 +>oyeb > shall distress <06693 +tsuwq > thee in thy gates <08179 +sha . * strait , 4728 stenos , 4912 sunecho , ~~~~~~ strait -4728 {strait}, strait -4912 constraineth, pressed, stopped, {strait}, taken, straitened -4730 anguish, distresses, {straitened}, straitest -0196 {straitest}, straitly -0547 {straitly}, threatening, threatenings, straitly -4183 abundant, altogether, common, far, great, greatly, long, many, much, oft, sore, {straitly}, ~~~~~~ strait -6862 adversaries , adversary , adversity , afflicted , affliction , anguish , close , distress , distresses , enemies , enemy , foes , narrow , small , sorrow , {strait} , tribulation , trouble , strait -6887 adversaries , adversary , afflict , afflicted , besiege , bind , bindeth , bound , distress , distressed , enemies , enemy , narrower , oppresseth , pangs , shut , {strait} , trouble , vex , vexed , years , straiten -6693 constraineth , distress , oppressor , pressed , {straiten} , straitened -0680 kept , reserved , {straitened} , take , took , straitened -3334 distressed , narrow , {straitened} , straits , vexed , straitened -4164 {straitened} , straitness , vexation , straitened -7114 cuttest , discouraged , grieved , harvestman , lothed , mower , much , reap , reaped , reaper , reapers , reapest , reapeth , reaping , short , shortened , shorter , {straitened} , troubled , vexed , straiteneth -5148 bringeth , brought , govern , guide , guided , lead , led , leddest , put , {straiteneth} , straitness -4164 straitened , {straitness} , vexation , straitness -4689 anguish , distress , {straitness} , straits -3334 distressed , narrow , straitened , {straits} , vexed , straits -4712 distress , pains , {straits} , ~~~~~~ strait 4712 -- metsar -- distress, pain, {strait}. strait 6862 -- tsar -- adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress,enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, {strait}, tribulation, trouble. strait 6887 -- tsarar -- adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (bein, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a{strait} (trouble), vex. strait 4728 ** stenos ** {strait}. strait 4912 ** sunecho ** constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a{strait}, straiten, be taken with, throng. straiten 0680 -- /atsal -- keep, reserve, {straiten}, take. straiten 5148 -- nachah -- bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put,{straiten}. straiten 6693 -- tsuwq -- constrain, distress, lie sore, (op- )press(-or),{straiten}. straiten 7114 qatsar -- -- X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman,lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), {straiten}, trouble,vex. straiten 4729 ** stenochoreo ** distress, {straiten}. straiten 4912 ** sunecho ** constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be ina strait, {straiten}, be taken with, throng. straitened 3334 -- yatsar -- be distressed, be narrow, be {straitened} (in straits),be vexed. straitened 4164 -- muwtsaq -- anguish, is {straitened}, straitness. straitest 0196 ** akribestatos ** most {straitest}. straitly 5462 -- cagar -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure,repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X {straitly}. straitly 7592 sha/al -- -- ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult,demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray,request, require, + salute, X {straitly}, X surely, wish. straitly 7650 shaba\ -- -- adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to thefull, take an oath, X {straitly}, (cause to, make to) swear. straitly 0547 ** apeile ** X {straitly}, threatening. straitly 1690 ** embrimaomai ** {straitly} charge, groan, murmur against. straitly 2008 ** epitimao ** ({straitly}) charge, rebuke. straitly 4183 ** polus ** abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en[-times]), plenteous, sore, {straitly}. straitness 4164 -- muwtsaq -- anguish, is straitened, {straitness}. straitness 4689 -- matsowq -- anguish, distress, {straitness}. straits 3334 -- yatsar -- be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in {straits}), bevexed. ~~~~~~ strait ......... For I am in a strait 4912 -sunecho-> strait ......... strait 4728 -stenos-> strait ......... the strait 4728 -stenos-> straitened ......... am I straitened 4912 -sunecho-> straitened ......... in us , but ye are straitened 4729 - stenochoreo-> straitened ......... Ye are not straitened 4729 -stenochoreo-> straitest ......... the most straitest 0196 -akribestatos-> straitly ......... And he straitly 4183 -polus-> straitly ......... And he straitly charged 1690 -embrimaomai-> straitly ......... And he straitly charged 2008 -epitimao-> straitly ......... Did not we straitly command 3853 -paraggello-> straitly ......... let us straitly 0547 -apeile-> straitly ......... straitly charged 1690 -embrimaomai-> straitly ......... them straitly 4183 -polus-> ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ strait 4712 ## metsar {may-tsar'}; from 6896; something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble: -- distress, pain, {strait}.[ql strait 6862 ## tsar {tsar}; or tsar {tsawr}; from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding): -- adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, {strait}, tribulation, trouble.[ql strait 6887 ## tsarar {tsaw-rar'}; a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows): -- adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a {strait} (trouble), vex.[ql strait 4728 # stenos {sten-os'}; probably from the base of 2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about): -- {strait}.[ql strait 4912 # sunecho {soon-ekh'-o}; from 4862 and 2192; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy: -- constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a {strait}, straiten, be taken with, throng.[ql straiten 0680 ## >atsal {aw-tsal'}; a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from 681; to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract: -- keep, reserve, {straiten}, take. [ql straiten 5148 ## nachah {naw-khaw'}; a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists): -- bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, {straiten}.[ql straiten 6693 ## tsuwq {tsook}; a primitive root; to compress, i. e. (figuratively) oppress, distress: -- constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-)press(-or), {straiten}.[ql straiten 7114 ## qatsar {kaw-tsar'}; a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain): -- X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), {straiten}, trouble, vex. [ql straiten 4729 # stenochoreo {sten-okh-o-reh'-o}; from the same as 4730; to hem in closely, i.e. (figuratively) cramp: -- distress, {straiten}.[ql straiten 4912 # sunecho {soon-ekh'-o}; from 4862 and 2192; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy: -- constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, {straiten}, be taken with, throng.[ql straitened 3334 ## yatsar {yaw-tsar'}; a primitive root; to press (intransitive), i.e . be narrow; figuratively, be in distress: -- be distressed, be narrow, be {straitened} (in straits), be vexed. [ql straitened 4164 ## muwtsaq {moo-tsak'}; or muwtsaq {moo-tsawk'}; from 3332; narrowness; figuratively, distress: -- anguish, is {straitened}, straitness.[ql straitest 0196 # akribestatos {ak-ree-bes'-ta-tos}; superlative of akribes (a derivative of the same as 206); most exact: -- most {straitest}.[ql straitly 5462 ## cagar {saw-gar'}; a primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender: -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X {straitly}.[ql straitly 7592 ## sha>al {shaw-al'}; or sha>el {shaw-ale'}; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand: -- ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X {straitly}, X surely, wish.[ql straitly 7650 ## shaba<{shaw-bah'}; a primitive root; propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times): -- adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full [by mistake for 7646], take an oath, X {straitly}, (cause to, make to) swear.[ql straitly 0547 # apeile {ap-i-lay'}; from 546; a menace: -- X {straitly}, threatening.[ql straitly 1690 # embrimaomai {em-brim-ah'-om-ahee}; from 1722 and brimaomai (to snort with anger); to have indignation on, i.e. (transitively) to blame, (intransitively) to sigh with chagrin, (specially) to sternly enjoin: -- {straitly} charge, groan, murmur against.[ql straitly 2008 # epitimao {ep-ee-tee-mah'-o}; from 1909 and 5091; to tax upon, i.e. censure or admonish; by implication, forbid: -- ({straitly}) charge, rebuke.[ql straitly 4183 # polus {pol-oos'}; including the forms from the alternate pollos; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely: -- abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en [-times]), plenteous, sore, {straitly}. Compare 4118, 4119.[ql straitness 4164 ## muwtsaq {moo-tsak'}; or muwtsaq {moo-tsawk'}; from 3332; narrowness; figuratively, distress: -- anguish, is straitened, {straitness}.[ql straitness 4689 ## matsowq {maw-tsoke'}; from 6693; a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability: -- anguish, distress, {straitness}.[ql straits 3334 ## yatsar {yaw-tsar'}; a primitive root; to press (intransitive), i.e . be narrow; figuratively, be in distress: -- be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in {straits}), be vexed. [ql ~~~~~~ strait 001 023 Php /${strait /betwixt two , having a desire to depart , and to be with Christ ; which is far better : strait 049 020 Isa /^{strait /for me: give place to me that I may dwell . strait 006 001 IIKi /^{strait /for us. strait 013 024 Luk /${strait /gate : for many , I say unto you , will seek to enter in , and shall not be able . strait 007 013 Mat /${strait /gate : for wide is the gate , and broad is the way , that leadeth to destruction , and many there be which go in thereat : strait 036 016 Job /^{strait /into a broad place , where there is no straitness ; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness . strait 007 014 Mat /${strait /is the gate , and narrow is the way , which leadeth unto life , and few there be that find it . strait 021 013 ICh /^{strait /let me fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for very great are his mercies : but let me not fall into the hand of man . strait 024 014 IISa /^{strait /let us fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for his mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hand of man . strait 013 006 ISa /^{strait /then the people did hide themselves in caves , and in thickets , and in rocks , and in high places , and in pits . straiten 019 009 Jer /^{straiten /them. straitened 018 007 Job /^{straitened /and his own counsel shall cast him down . straitened 004 012 Pro /^{straitened /and when thou runnest , thou shalt not stumble . straitened 002 007 Mic /^{straitened /are these his doings ? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly ? straitened 006 012 IICo /${straitened /in us , but ye are straitened in your own bowels . straitened 006 012 IICo /${straitened /in your own bowels . straitened 042 006 Eze /^{straitened /more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground . straitened 012 050 Luk /${straitened /till it be accomplished ! straiteneth 012 023 Job /^{straiteneth /them again. straitest 026 005 Act /${straitest /sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee . straitly 001 043 Mar /${straitly /charged him , and forthwith sent him away ; straitly 014 028 ISa /^{straitly /charged the people with an oath , saying , Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day . And the people were faint . straitly 009 021 Luk /${straitly /charged them , and commanded them to tell no man that thing ; straitly 009 030 Mat /${straitly /charged them , saying , See that no man know it. straitly 003 012 Mar /${straitly /charged them that they should not make him known . straitly 005 028 Act /${straitly /command you that ye should not teach in this name ? and , behold , ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine , and intend to bring this man's blood upon us . straitly 043 007 Gen /^{straitly /of our state, and of our kindred , saying , Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother ? and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we certainly know that he would say , Bring your brother down ? straitly 006 001 Jos /^{straitly /shut up because of the children of Israel : none went out , and none came in . straitly 013 019 Exo /^{straitly /sworn the children of Israel , saying , God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. straitly 005 043 Mar /${straitly /that no man should know it ; and commanded that something should be given her to eat . straitly 004 017 Act /${straitly /threaten them , that they speak henceforth to no man in this name . straitness 036 016 Job /^{straitness /and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness . straitness 019 009 Jer /^{straitness /wherewith their enemies , and they that seek their lives , shall straiten them. straitness 028 055 Deu /^{straitness /wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates . straitness 028 053 Deu /^{straitness /wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: straitness 028 057 Deu /^{straitness /wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates . straits 020 022 Job /^{straits /every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. ~~~~~~ straiten 1 - straitened 8 - straiteneth 1 - straitest 1 - straitly 11 - straitness 5 - straits 2 - ~~~~~~ strait <1SA13 -6> When the men of Israel saw that they were in a {strait}, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. strait <2SA24 -14> And David said unto Gad, I am in a great {strait}: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. strait <2KI6 -1> And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too {strait} for us. strait <1CH21 -13> And David said unto Gad, I am in a great {strait}: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. strait Even so would he have removed thee out of the {strait} [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness. strait The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place [is] too {strait} for me: give place to me that I may dwell. strait Enter ye in at the {strait} gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: strait Because {strait} [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. strait Strive to enter in at the {strait} gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. strait For I am in a {strait} betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: ~~~~~~