מַס mas
Hebrew word for “taskworker” · Strong’s H4522 · used 23 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited;
How it is translated
Glosses given for mas in context, with how often each is used:
- forced labor 20
- slave gangs 1
- slave gang 1
- tax 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Judges | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Joshua | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 1 (4), 1 Kings 5 (2), 1 Kings 9 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 1 (1), Deuteronomy 20 (1), Joshua 16 (1), Joshua 17 (1), 2 Samuel 20 (1), 1 Kings 4 (1)
Forms
- למס 13
- המס 7
- מס 2
- מסים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּנַעֲנִי kenaani “Canaanite” 5
- יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 5
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 6
- אֲדֹרָם adoram “Adoram” 2
- אֲדֹנִירָם adoniram “Adoniram” 2
- עָבַד avad “to serve” 4
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 4
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 5
- נוּס nus “to flee” 3
- גֶּזֶר gezer “Gezer” 2
- רָגַם ragam “to stone” 2
- קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 3
Key verses
The verses using mas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 49:15 — And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
- Exodus 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Deuteronomy 20:11 — And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto…
- Joshua 16:10 — And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
- Joshua 17:13 — Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
- 1 Kings 4:6 — And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
- 1 Kings 9:15 — And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and…
- 1 Kings 9:21 — Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute…
- 1 Kings 12:18 — Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up…
- Proverbs 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
- Isaiah 31:8 — Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his…
- Lamentations 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces,…
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
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.