TBESH · H3905
לָחַץ · la.chats · to oppress
1) to squeeze, press, oppress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to squeeze, press 1a2) to oppress 1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself
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la.chats H3905
לָחַץ (la.chats) means “to oppress” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
לָחַץ Hebrew · H3905 19 tagged occurrences in 18 verses
Pronunciation guide: law-khats' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
KJV glosses: afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
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How translators render H3905
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 | 2 |
| oppressed | 2 |
| their oppressors | 2 |
| and pressed herself | 1 |
| and they will oppress | 1 |
| are oppressing them | 1 |
| crushing | 1 |
| forced | 1 |
| had inflicted | 1 |
| oppressed them | 1 |
| oppressed you | 1 |
| that oppressed you | 1 |
| they press | 1 |
| to keep him out | 1 |
| who oppressed them | 1 |
| your oppressors | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| oppressed | 3 |
| all that oppress | 1 |
| also oppressed | 1 |
| also thou shalt not oppress | 1 |
| and crushed | 1 |
| and hold him fast | 1 |
| and they shall afflict | 1 |
| by reason of them that oppressed | 1 |
| did oppress | 1 |
| forced | 1 |
| nor oppress | 1 |
| of all that oppressed | 1 |
| of the oppressors | 1 |
| of them that oppressed | 1 |
| oppress | 1 |
| oppresseth | 1 |
| she thrust | 1 |
Verses containing H3905
Page 1 of 1. 18 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 3:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Read word by word - 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
- Exodus 23:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read word by word - Numbers 22:25
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.
Read word by word - Judges 1:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
Read word by word - Judges 2:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
Read word by word - Judges 4:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Read word by word - Judges 6:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.
Read word by word - Judges 10:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 10:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
Read word by word - 2 Kings 6:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
Read word by word - 2 Kings 13:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 13:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
Read word by word - Psalms 56:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 56.2
- Psalms 106:42
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
Read word by word - Isaiah 19:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 30:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
Read word by word - Amos 6:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
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