לַחַץ lachats

Hebrew word for “oppression” · Strong’s H3906 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

oppression, distress, pressure

How it is translated

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

• oppression 12

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 3 (1), Deuteronomy 26 (1), 1 Kings 22 (1), 2 Kings 13 (1), 2 Chronicles 18 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 42 (1), Psalms 43 (1), Psalms 44 (1), Isaiah 30 (1)

Forms

• לחץ 6
• בלחץ 3
• הלחץ 1
• לחצנו 1
• ולחצנו 1

Words used with it

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

• עֳנִי oni “affliction” 3
• כֶּלֶא kele “prison” 2
• קָדַר qadar “be dark” 2
• לָחַץ lachats “to oppress” 2
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 3
• רָאָה raah “to see” 4
• מַי mayim “water” 3
• שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 2
• מָה mah “what?” 3
• שָׁלוֹם shalom “peace” 2
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 2
• כֹּה koh “thus” 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.
• Deuteronomy 26:7 — And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
• 1 Kings 22:27 — And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
• 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 Chronicles 18:26 — And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
• Job 36:15 — He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
• Psalms 42:9 — I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 43:2 — For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 44:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• Isaiah 30:20 — And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes…

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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.