לַחַץ
lachats · H3906 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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oppression, affliction
Causative action by which humans cause hardship to other humans
ExamplesExodus 3:9 “And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Deuteronomy 26:7 ‘Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our wretched condition, our trouble, and our oppression;
2 Kings 13:4 Then Jehoahaz appeased the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֹיֵבenemy 2
- נוּour 2
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לָחַץto oppress, to press 1
Named alongside itApposition
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַיִםwater 3
- לֶחֶםbread, food 2
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- רָאָהto see 3
- שָׁכַחto forget 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 6
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- θλῖψις thlîpsis · G2347 · trouble and suffering, suffering, persecution
- Greek θλῖψις renders Hebrew לַחַץ in contexts of oppression and affliction, both terms denoting external pressure causing distress — the Greek extends more broadly to general tribulation while the Hebrew more consistently emphasizes socio-political oppression.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- לַחַץ is the noun form meaning affliction or oppression, the state resulting from the verb לָחַץ's action, placing it among terms for harmful or oppressive circumstances (e.g. Deuteronomy 26:7's "our oppression").
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3906. lachats לַ֫חַץ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ׳ל absolute 1Ki 22:27 (twice…
לַ֫חַץ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ׳ל absolute 1Ki 22:27 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; construct 2Ki 13:4 2Ki 13:2t.; suffix לַחֲצֵ֫נוּDeu 26:4; Psa 44:25; — oppression of Israel Exo 3:9 (E; + verb cognate), 2Ki 13:4 compare Deu 26:7 (|| עָמָל עֳנִי,) Psa 44:25 (|| עֳנִי); oppression of (i.e. by) an enemy, Psa 42:10; Psa 43:2; in General Job 36:15 ׅ || עֳנִי; ל ׳לֶחֶם ל ׳וּמַיִם 1Ki 22:27 2Ch 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i.e. prison-fare (> Klo scanty fare); compare ל וּמַיִם צַר ׳לֶחֶם Isa 30:20, apparently of privations of a siege (compare Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages see Ges§ 131. 2 (b) Köiii, § 333 p.q. DaSynt. § 29. e).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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