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לַחַץ

lachats · oppression

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3906 · appears 12 times in the Bible

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What it means

lachats (לַחַץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “oppression”.

Harsh treatment.

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. The harsh treatment of a tyrant.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

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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.

  • Deuteronomy 26:7

    And we cried out to YHWH, the Elohim of our fathers, and YHWH heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression.

  • 1 Kings 22:27

    and say, ‘Thus says the king: Put this man in the house of the prison, and feed him bread of oppression and water of oppression, until I come in peace.’”

  • 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 Chronicles 18:26

    and say, ‘Thus says the king: Put this man in the house of the prison, and feed him bread of oppression and water of oppression, until I return in peace.’”

  • Job 36:15

    He delivers the poor in his affliction, and in oppression he uncovers their ear.

  • Psalms 42:9

    I will say to El my crag, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

  • Psalms 43:2

    For you are the Elohim of my stronghold; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 44:24

    Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

  • Isaiah 30:20

    And Adonai will give you bread of distress and water of oppression, but your teacher will no longer hide himself, and your eyes will be seeing your teacher.

And 2 more times.