יָנָה yanah

Hebrew word for “to oppress” · Strong’s H3238 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong; 1a) (Qal) to oppress, suppress; 1b) (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat

How it is translated

Glosses given for yanah in context, with how often each is used:

• will maltreat 3
• oppressor 3
• maltreat 2
• has oppressed 2
• have maltreated 2
• must maltreat 1
• us oppress 1
• those who maltreat 1
• oppressed 1
• will oppress 1
• oppress 1
• which oppresses 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 18 (3), Leviticus 25 (2), Ezekiel 22 (2), Exodus 22 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Psalms 74 (1), Isaiah 49 (1), Jeremiah 22 (1), Jeremiah 25 (1)

Forms

• היונה 4
• תונו 3
• הונה 2
• הונו 2
• תונה 1
• תוננו 1
• נינם 1
• מוניך 1
• תנו 1
• יונה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yanah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גָּזַל gazal “to plunder” 5
• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 5
• חֲבֹל chavol “pledge” 3
• גְּזֵלָה gezelah “violence” 3
• עָמִית amit “neighbor” 2
• עֵירֹם erom “naked” 2
• עֹשֶׁק osheq “oppression” 2
• רָעֵב raev “hungry” 2
• יָתוֹם yatom “orphan” 2
• אַלְמָנָה almanah “widow” 2
• אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 2
• אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah “possession” 2

Key verses

The verses using yanah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 22:21 — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Leviticus 25:14 — And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
• Leviticus 25:17 — Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
• Isaiah 49:26 — And 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…
• Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus 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…
• Ezekiel 18:7 — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the…
• Ezekiel 18:12 — Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
• Ezekiel 18:16 — Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the…
• Ezekiel 22:7 — In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless…
• Ezekiel 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
• Ezekiel 46:18 — Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance…
• Zephaniah 3:1 — Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.