Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3905
לָחַץ
la.chats · “to oppress”
Used 19 times across 9 books
Definition
1) to squeeze, press, oppress
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to squeeze, press
1a2) to oppress
1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to squeeze, press
1a2) to oppress
1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself
Where it appears
Exodus3
Numbers2
Judges5
1 Samuel1
2 Kings3
Psalms2
Isaiah1
Jeremiah1
Amos1
In the text
Exodus 3:9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.Exodus 23:9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Numbers 22:25And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.Judges 1:34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:Judges 2:18And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.Judges 6:9And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;Judges 10:12The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.1 Samuel 10:18And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
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