συνέχω
synéchō
soon-ekh'-o
from σύν and ἔχω; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy.

KJV translates as: constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng