Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
KJV Usage: afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לָחַץ (la.chats) — to oppress. 1) to squeeze, press, oppress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to squeeze, press 1a2) to oppress 1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · לַחַץ
Impact | verb nif
to press oneself, to squeeze oneself = action by which someone presses oneself against another object
Impact | verb qal
to press, to hold (something) against (someone) = action by which someone presses one object against another object
Move | verb qal
to press back, to drive back = to force a large group of people back from their place of habitation into a smaller area
Unsafe | verb qal | ≈ דחק · ינה · שׁאף
to oppress, to afflict, oppression, affliction = causative action by which humans cause hardship to other humans
EXO 3:9 · EXO 22:20 · EXO 23:9 · JDG 2:18 · JDG 4:3 · JDG 6:9 · JDG 10:12 · 1SA 10:18 · 2KI 13:4 · 2KI 13:22 · PSA 56:2 · PSA 106:42 · ISA 19:20 · JER 30:20 · AMO 6:14
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לָחַץ vb. squeeze, press, fig. oppress Qal squeeze, press
oppress
Niph. squeeze oneself
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