TBESH · H3238
יָנָה · ya.nah · to oppress
1) to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong 1a) (Qal) to oppress, suppress 1b) (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat
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ya.nah H3238
יָנָה (ya.nah) means “to oppress” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
יָנָה Hebrew · H3238 20 tagged occurrences in 20 verses
Pronunciation guide: yaw-naw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
KJV glosses: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
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How translators render H3238
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| oppress | 4 |
| of the oppressor | 2 |
| take advantage | 2 |
| are oppressed | 1 |
| by evicting them | 1 |
| exploit | 1 |
| he oppresses | 1 |
| i will make your oppressors | 1 |
| of oppressors | 1 |
| oppress him | 1 |
| the oppressors | 1 |
| they have oppressed | 1 |
| we will crush them | 1 |
| wrong | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and do no wrong | 1 |
| and hath not oppressed | 1 |
| and have vexed | 1 |
| by oppression | 1 |
| hath oppressed | 1 |
| in thee have they vexed | 1 |
| let us destroy | 1 |
| neither hath oppressed | 1 |
| of the oppressing | 1 |
| of the oppressor | 1 |
| of the proud | 1 |
| shall no more oppress | 1 |
| the oppressing | 1 |
| them that oppress | 1 |
| thou shalt neither vex | 1 |
| thou shalt not oppress | 1 |
| to the oppressing | 1 |
| to thrust | 1 |
| ye shall not oppress | 1 |
| ye shall not therefore oppress | 1 |
| ye shall not vex | 1 |
Verses containing H3238
Page 1 of 1. 20 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Exodus 22:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.20
- Leviticus 19:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Read word by word - Leviticus 25:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
Read word by word - Leviticus 25:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 23:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.17
- Psalms 74:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
Read word by word - Psalms 123:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
Read word by word - Isaiah 49:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 22:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 25:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 46:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 50:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 18:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 18:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 18:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 22:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 22:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 45:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 46:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
Read word by word - Zephaniah 3:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
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