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Hebrew

To squeeze

שָׂחַטStrong’s H7818

sachat (sa-chat)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Sachat is the Hebrew word usually translated “squeezed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
Genesis 40:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to squeeze, press out
How it's translated
  • and i squeezed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    שָׂחַט sachat · to squeeze

    (Qal) to squeeze, press out

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “squeeze” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SQUEEZE, verb transitive

    1. To press between two bodies; to press closely; as, to squeeze an orange the fingers or with an instrument; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
    2. To oppress with hardships, burdens and taxes; to harass; to crush.
    3. To hug; to embrace closely.
    4. To force between close bodies; to compel or cause to pass; as, to squeeze water through felt.
    All definitions and other forms of “squeeze”

      SQUEEZE, verb intransitive

      1. To press; to urge ones way; to pass by pressing; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
      2. To crowd.

      SQUEEZE, noun

      1. Pressure; compression between bodies.
      2. A close hug or embrace.

      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.