Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4160: מוּץ

mûwts · pronounced moots · “extortioner”

Definition

to press, i.e. (figuratively) to oppress

KJV translates it as: extortioner.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

(Qal) squeezer, extortioner, oppressor

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

How H4160 is translated

  • oppressor ×1

Bible verses with H4160 (mûwts)

Mûwts appears in 1 verse.

  • Isaiah 16:4

    Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Words derived from H4160