Extortioner
מֵץStrong’s H4160muts
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Muts is the Hebrew word usually translated “oppressor”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.”
Meaning
- (Qal) squeezer, extortioner, oppressor
How it's translated
- the oppressor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מֵץ muts · extortioner
(Qal) squeezer, extortioner, oppressor
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “extortioner” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXTOR'TIONER, noun
One who practices extortion.
- “Extortioners shall not inherit the kingdom of God” 1 Corinthians 6:10
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.