Oppression
לַ֫חַץStrong’s H3906lachats (la-chats)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lachats is the Hebrew word usually translated “oppression”, “oppression of” and “oppression our”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.”
Meaning
- Oppression, distress, pressure
How it's translated
- oppression 5
- in oppression of 2
- the oppression 1
- oppression our 1
- oppression of 1
- by oppression 1
- and oppression our 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 26:7And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
- 1 Kings 22:27And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- 2 Kings 13:4And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
- 2 Chronicles 18:26And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
- Job 36:15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
- Psalms 42:9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Hebrew dictionary
לַ֫חַץ lachats · oppression
oppression, distress, pressure
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oppression” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OPPRES'SION, noun
- The act of oppressing; the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes or services; cruelty; severity.
- The state of being oppressed or overburdened; misery.“the Lord - saw the oppression of Israel” 2 Kings 13:4
- Hardship; calamity.
- Depression; dullness of spirits; lassitude of body.
All definitions
- A sense of heaviness or weight in the breast, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.