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לָחַץ

lachats · oppress

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3905 · appears 19 times in the Bible

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What it means

lachats (לָחַץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “oppress”.

Press someone hard with ill-treatment; also squeeze.

How to say it

la·chats

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.
  2. To press against something.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • oppressed ×4
  • oppressed them ×3
  • pressed ×3
  • oppressors ×2
  • You shall not oppress ×1
  • are oppressing ×1
  • he oppresses me ×1
  • hold ×1
  • oppress him ×1
  • they will oppress ×1
  • others ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 3:9

    And now, look, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

  • Exodus 22:21

    You shall not mistreat a resident alien or oppress him, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 23:9

    You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the soul of the resident alien, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

  • Numbers 22:25

    And the donkey saw the angel of YHWH and pressed herself against the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall; and he struck her again.

  • Judges 1:34

    The Amorite pressed the sons of Dan into the hill country, for he did not let them come down to the valley.

  • Judges 2:18

    Whenever YHWH raised up judges for them, YHWH was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for YHWH was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

  • Judges 4:3

    The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had oppressed the sons of Israel with force twenty years.

  • Judges 6:9

    I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all who oppressed you; I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

  • Judges 10:12

    And the Sidonians, Amalek, and Maon oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you from their hand.

  • 1 Samuel 10:18

    And he said to the sons of Israel, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘I brought up Israel from Egypt and delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’

  • 2 Kings 6:32

    Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And he sent a man from before him; before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold him back with the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

  • 2 Kings 13:4

    Jehoahaz pleaded before YHWH, and YHWH listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Aram oppressed them.

  • 2 Kings 13:22

    Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

  • Psalms 56:1

    For the director. On The Silent Dove of the Distant Ones. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Show me favor, Elohim, for a mortal tramples me; all the day fighting, he oppresses me.

  • Psalms 106:42

    And their enemies oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand.

  • Isaiah 19:20

    And it will be for a sign and for a witness to YHWH Tsevaot in the land of Egypt; for they will cry out to YHWH because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and defender, and he will deliver them.

  • Jeremiah 30:20

    And his sons will be as of old, and his community before me will be established; and I will punish all his oppressors.

  • Amos 6:14

    For look at me: I am raising up against you, house of Israel, declares YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, a nation, and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the wadi of the Arabah.

And 1 more times.