Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3906: לַחַץ

lachats · pronounced lakh'-ats · “oppression”

Definition

distress

KJV translates it as: affliction, oppression.

Word origin: from H3905 (לָחַץ);

Extended definition

oppression, distress, pressure

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3906 is translated

  • oppression ×7
  • the oppression of ×3
  • our ×2

Bible verses with H3906 (lachats)

Lachats appears in 10 verses.

  • Exodus 3:9

    Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Deuteronomy 26:7

    And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

  • 1 Kings 22:27

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

  • 2 Kings 13:4

    And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:26

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

  • Job 36:15

    He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

  • Psalms 42:9

    I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 43:2

    For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 44:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • Isaiah 30:20

    And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: