לָחַץ
lâchats · law-khats'
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path
Authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָחַץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- oppressed3 · 16%
- oppress1 · 5%
- nor oppress1 · 5%
- also thou shalt not oppress1 · 5%
- she thrust1 · 5%
- and crushed1 · 5%
- forced1 · 5%
- by reason of them that oppressed1 · 5%
- of all that oppressed1 · 5%
- did oppress1 · 5%
- and of them that oppressed1 · 5%
- and hold him fast1 · 5%
- oppresseth1 · 5%
- also oppressed1 · 5%
- of the oppressors1 · 5%
- all that oppress1 · 5%
- and they shall afflict1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.