1) gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited 1a) labour-band, labour-gang, slave gang 1b) gang-overseers 1c) forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4522 — מַס
mas · taskworker · Hebrew/Aramaic
22 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 49:15 · לְמַס־And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.Exodus 1:11 · מִסִּ֔יםTherefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.Deuteronomy 20:11 · לָמַ֖סAnd it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.Joshua 16:10 · לְמַס־And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.Joshua 17:13 · לָמַ֑סAnd it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.Judges 1:28 · לָמַ֑סAnd it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.Judges 1:30 · לָמַֽס׃ סZebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.Judges 1:33 · לָמַֽס׃ סNaphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork.Judges 1:35 · לָמַֽס׃but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork.2 Samuel 20:24 · הַמַּ֑סand Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;1 Kings 4:6 · הַמַּֽס׃ סand Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.1 Kings 5:13 · מַ֖ס · הַמַּ֔סAnd king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.1 Kings 5:14 · הַמַּֽס׃ סAnd he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to taskwork.1 Kings 9:15 · הַמַּ֜סAnd this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.1 Kings 9:21 · לְמַס־their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.1 Kings 12:18 · הַמַּ֔סThen king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 8:8 · לְמַ֔סof their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.2 Chronicles 10:18 · הַמַּ֔סThen king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.Esther 10:1 · מַ֛סAnd the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.Proverbs 12:24 · לָמַֽס׃The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.Isaiah 31:8 · לָמַ֥סAnd the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.Lamentations 1:1 · לָמַֽס׃ סHow doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!