1) to squeeze, press, oppress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to squeeze, press 1a2) to oppress 1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself
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H3905 — לָחַץ
la.chats · to oppress · Hebrew/Aramaic
18 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 3:9 · לֹחֲצִ֥יםNow, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 22:21 · תִלְחָצֶ֑נּוּ“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.Exodus 23:9 · תִלְחָ֑ץ“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.Numbers 22:25 · וַתִּלָּחֵץ֙ · וַתִּלְחַ֛ץThe donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he struck her again.Judges 1:34 · וַיִּלְחֲצ֧וּThe Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;Judges 2:18 · לֹחֲצֵיהֶ֖םWhen Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.Judges 4:3 · לָחַ֞ץThe children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.Judges 6:9 · לֹחֲצֵיכֶ֑םand I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;Judges 10:12 · לָחֲצ֖וּThe Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.1 Samuel 10:18 · הַלֹּחֲצִ֖יםand he said to the children of Israel, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:’2 Kings 6:32 · וּלְחַצְתֶּ֤םBut Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”2 Kings 13:4 · לָחַ֥ץJehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.2 Kings 13:22 · לָחַ֖ץHazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.Psalm 56:1 · יִלְחָצֵֽנִי׃For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.Psalm 106:42 · וַיִּלְחָצ֥וּםTheir enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.Isaiah 19:20 · לֹֽחֲצִ֔יםIt will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.Jeremiah 30:20 · לֹחֲצָֽיו׃Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.Amos 6:14 · וְלָחֲצ֥וּFor, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”