Ratsats רָצַץ
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| רָצַץ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ratsats |
| Strong's number | H7533 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to crush |
| Occurrences | 19 in 18 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (4) |
Ratsats (Hebrew רָצַץ, Strong's H7533) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to crush”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to crush, oppress
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to crush, get crushed, be crushed
1a2) to crush, oppress (fig)
1a3) crushed (participle passive)
1b) (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to crush in pieces
1c2) to grievously oppress (fig)
1d) (Poel) to oppress (fig)
1e) (Hiphil) to crush
1f) (Hithpoel) to crush each other
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to crush, get crushed, be crushed
1a2) to crush, oppress (fig)
1a3) crushed (participle passive)
1b) (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to crush in pieces
1c2) to grievously oppress (fig)
1d) (Poel) to oppress (fig)
1e) (Hiphil) to crush
1f) (Hithpoel) to crush each other
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | oppressed (6), broken (4), bruised (2), together (1), crushed (1), brake (1), brakest (1), discouraged (1), break (1), crush (1) |
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| BSB | oppressed (4), crushed (3), splintered (2), struggled with each other (1), crushing (1), oppressed us (1), he has oppressed (1), is crushed (1), is broken (1), bruised (1), discouraged (1), you splintered (1), and 1 other rendering |
Verses
Every verse with Ratsats, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 25:22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 28:33The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
Judges
- Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
- Judges 10:8And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
- 1 Samuel 12:4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.“You have not wronged us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 18:21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Job
- Job 20:19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Psalms
- Psalm 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 12:6Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 36:6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Isaiah 42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
- Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
- Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
Hosea
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Amos
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).