רָצַץ ratsats

Hebrew word for “to crush” · Strong’s H7533 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to crush, oppress;

How it is translated

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

• crushed 10
• will be crushed 2
• struggled together 1
• have i crushed 1
• have crushed 1
• has crushed 1
• may be crushed 1
• crushed people 1
• who crush 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 12 (2), Isaiah 42 (2), Genesis 25 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Judges 9 (1), Judges 10 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), 2 Chronicles 16 (1), Job 20 (1), Psalms 74 (1)

Forms

• ותרץ 2
• הרצוץ 2
• רצוץ 2
• ויתרצצו 1
• ורצוץ 1
• וירצצו 1
• רצותי 1
• רצותנו 1
• וירצץ 1
• רצץ 1

Words used with it

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

• עָשַׁק ashaq “to oppress” 5
• קָנֶה qaneh “branch” 3
• זֶה zeh “this” 5
• מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishenet “staff” 2
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 3
• כַּף kaph “palm” 3
• נָקַב naqav “to pierce” 2
• דַּל dal “poor” 2
• סָמַךְ samakh “to support” 2
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 3
• בָּטַח batach “to trust” 2
• כֵּן ken “so” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 28:33 — The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
• 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom…
• 2 Kings 18:21 — Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh…
• 2 Chronicles 16:10 — Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the…
• Job 20:19 — Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
• Psalms 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
• Isaiah 36:6 — Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to…
• Isaiah 42:3 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
• Isaiah 42:4 — He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every…
• Hosea 5:11 — Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
• Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and…

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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.