Taskworker
מַסStrong’s H4522mas
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mas is the Hebrew word usually translated “forced labor”, “forced labor of” and “slave gangs”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.”
Meaning
- Gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfitedlabour-band, labour-gang, slave gang · gang-overseers · forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment
How it's translated
- forced labor 9
- the forced labor 7
- forced labor of 1
- slave gangs 1
- a slave gang of 1
- into forced labor 1
- to forced labor of 1
- to forced labor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 6
- Judges 4
- Joshua 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Deuteronomy 20:11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
- Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
- Joshua 17:13Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
- Judges 1:28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
- Judges 1:30Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Hebrew dictionary
מַס mas · taskworker
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.