Know the Word.

Hebrew word

lâchats

law-khats'

לָחַץ

What it means

properly, to press, i.e. to distress

properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • oppressed7
  • oppress3
  • thrust1
  • crushed1
  • forced1
  • fast1
  • oppressors1
  • afflict1

Every place it appears 16

Exodus22:2123:9
Numbers22:25
1 Samuel10:18
Psalms106:42
Isaiah19:20
Amos6:14