Straiten See also Strait he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them, Job 12:23. thy steps shall not be straitened, Prov. 4:12. they that seek their lives, shall straiten them, Jer. 19:9. how am I straitened, Luke 12:50. Ye are not straitened in us, 2Â Cor. 6:12. he did straiten them in the wilderness, 1Â Ne. 17:41.