Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3238
יָנָה
ya.nah · “to oppress”
Used 19 times across 8 books
Definition
1) to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong
1a) (Qal) to oppress, suppress
1b) (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat
1a) (Qal) to oppress, suppress
1b) (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat
Where it appears
Exodus1
Leviticus3
Deuteronomy1
Psalms1
Isaiah1
Jeremiah4
Ezekiel7
Zephaniah1
In the text
Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.Leviticus 19:33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.Leviticus 25:14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:Leviticus 25:17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.Deuteronomy 23:17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.Psalms 74:8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.Isaiah 49:26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 25:38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.Jeremiah 46:16He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
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