לָחַץ lachats

Hebrew word for “to oppress” · Strong’s H3905 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to squeeze, press, oppress; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to squeeze, press; 1a2) to oppress; 1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself

How it is translated

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

• oppressed 4
• oppressing 2
• must oppress 2
• those who oppressed 2
• squeezed itself 1
• squeezed 1
• pressed 1
• will push 1
• had oppressed 1
• oppresses 1
• oppressors 1
• those who oppress 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 13 (2), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 22 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Numbers 22 (1), Judges 1 (1), Judges 2 (1), Judges 4 (1), Judges 6 (1), Judges 10 (1)

Forms

• לחץ 3
• לחצים 2
• ותלחץ 2
• תלחצנו 1
• תלחץ 1
• וילחצו 1
• לחציהם 1
• לחציכם 1
• לחצו 1
• הלחצים 1

Words used with it

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

• צָעַק tsaaq “to cry” 3
• לַחַץ lachats “oppression” 2
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 4
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 3
• יְהוֹאָחָז yehoachaz “Jehoahaz” 2
• מִצְרִי mitsri “Egyptian” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 4
• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 2
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 2
• מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 2
• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 2

Key verses

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

• Exodus 3:9 — Now 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 22:21 — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Exodus 23:9 — Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Judges 2:18 — And 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…
• Judges 4:3 — And 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.
• 2 Kings 6:32 — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders,…
• 2 Kings 13:4 — And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
• 2 Kings 13:22 — But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
• Psalms 56:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow…
• Isaiah 19:20 — And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he…
• Jeremiah 30:20 — Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
• Amos 6:14 — But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of…

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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.