mas · forced labor

What it means

mas (מַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “forced labor”.

Imposed on a subject people.

How to say it

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. Compulsory work imposed on a subject people.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• forced labor ×21
• forced ×1
• tribute ×1

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×2
• Judges×4
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×7
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Esther×1
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Lamentations×1

• Genesis 49:15

  He saw a resting place, that it was good, and the land, that it was pleasant; so he bent his shoulder to bear burdens and became subject to forced labor.

• Exodus 1:11

  So they set over them chiefs of forced labor to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Rameses.

• Deuteronomy 20:11

  And if it answers you with peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be yours for forced labor and shall serve you.

• Joshua 16:10

  But they did not dispossess the Canaanite who lived in Gezer; so the Canaanite has lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and became forced laborers.

• Joshua 17:13

  And when the sons of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanite to forced labor, but they did not dispossess him completely.

• Judges 1:28

  When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanite to forced labor, but they did not completely dispossess him.

• Judges 1:30

  Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanite lived among them and became subject to forced labor.

• Judges 1:33

  Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.

• Judges 1:35

  The Amorite was determined to live in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the hand of the house of Joseph weighed heavy, and they became forced labor.

• 2 Samuel 20:24

  Adoram was over the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

• 1 Kings 4:6

  and Ahishar was over the house; and Adoniram son of Abda was over the forced labor.

• 1 Kings 5:13

  And King Solomon raised forced labor from all Israel, and the forced labor was thirty thousand men.

• 1 Kings 5:14

  And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: a month they would be in Lebanon, two months at home; and Adoniram was over the forced labor.

• 1 Kings 9:15

  And this is the matter of the forced labor that King Solomon raised to build the house of YHWH and his house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.

• 1 Kings 9:21

  their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were not able to devote to destruction, Solomon raised them to be subject to forced labor until this day.

• 1 Kings 12:18

  King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 8:8

  of their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel had not made an end of, Solomon raised them up for forced labor, to this day.

• 2 Chronicles 10:18

  King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

• Esther 10:1

  And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and the islands of the sea.

• Proverbs 12:24

  The hand of the diligent will rule, but slackness will be for forced labor.

• Isaiah 31:8

  And Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man; and a sword, not of a human being, will devour him; and he will flee from before the sword, and his young men will be for forced labor.

• Lamentations 1:1

  How she sits alone, the city great with people! She has become like a widow, the great one among the nations; the princess among the provinces has become subject to forced labor.

And 1 more times.