H3905 · לָחַץ
lâchats · law-khats' · oppress, afflict, crush
H3905 (lâchats, pronounced law-khats') is the Hebrew word לָחַץ in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress. It appears 19 times in 18 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- לָחַץ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- lâchats
- Pronunciation
- law-khats'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
- Rendered in the KJV
- afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
19 occurrences in 18 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “oppress” ×2
- “oppressed” ×2
- “their oppressors” ×2
- “and pressed herself” ×1
- “and they will oppress” ×1
- “are oppressing them” ×1
- “crushing” ×1
- “forced” ×1
By book
Exodus 3 · Numbers 1 · Judges 5 · 1 Samuel 1 · 2 Kings 3 · Psalms 2 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 1 · Amos 1
Verses
- Exodus 3:9
- Exodus 22:21
- Exodus 23:9
- Numbers 22:25
- Judges 1:34
- Judges 2:18
- Judges 4:3
- Judges 6:9
- Judges 10:12
- 1 Samuel 10:18
- 2 Kings 6:32
- 2 Kings 13:4
- 2 Kings 13:22
- Psalms 56:1
- Psalms 106:42
- Isaiah 19:20
- Jeremiah 30:20
- Amos 6:14
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H3905.