3905 - lachats

Strong's Concordance

Original word: לָחַץ
Transliteration: lachats
Definition (short): oppressed
Definition (full): to squeeze, press, oppress

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to squeeze, press, oppress
NASB Translation: afflict (1), forced (1), hold the shut (1), oppress (2), oppressed (6), oppresses (1), oppressing (2), oppressors (3), pressed (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress -- afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
KJV: 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.
NASB: "Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
KJV: Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
NASB: "You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
KJV: Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
NASB: "You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
KJV: And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
NASB: When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself to the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall, so he struck her again.