עָקַת, (עוּק) anguish, trouble, distress. Targ. Ex. XVIII, 8 (ed. Berl. עָ׳). Targ. O. Gen. XLII, 21 עֲקַת constr. (ed. Berl. עָקַת); a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 81 (prov.) בשעת ע׳ נדרא וכ׳ in the hour of trouble—a vow, in time of release—forgetting; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8; Yalk. Gen. 135 בשעת עקת נדר (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. עָקָן (v. עָקָא), עָקָתָא. Targ. Ps. XXV, 22.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 5 ed. Bub., v. פְּנֵי II.