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־He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.Exodus 1:11 · מִסִּ֔יםSo the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.Deuteronomy 20:11 · לָמַ֖סIf they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.Joshua 16:10 · לְמַס־But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.Joshua 17:13 · לָמַ֑סHowever, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.Judges 1:28 · לָמַ֑סWhen Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.Judges 1:30 · לָמַֽס׃ סZebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.Judges 1:33 · לָמַֽס׃ סNaphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.Judges 1:35 · לָמַֽס׃And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.2 Samuel 20:24 · הַמַּ֑סAdoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;1 Kings 4:6 · הַמַּֽס׃ סAhishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.1 Kings 5:13 · מַ֖ס · הַמַּ֔סThen King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.1 Kings 5:14 · הַמַּֽס׃ סHe sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.1 Kings 9:15 · הַמַּ֜סThis is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.1 Kings 9:21 · לְמַס־their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.1 Kings 12:18 · הַמַּ֔סThen King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 8:8 · לְמַ֔סtheir descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.2 Chronicles 10:18 · הַמַּ֔סThen King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.Esther 10:1 · מַ֛סNow King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.Proverbs 12:24 · לָמַֽס׃The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.Isaiah 31:8 · לָמַ֥ס“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.Lamentations 1:1 · לָמַֽס׃ סHow lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.