Quick Definition
to press
Strong's Definition
to squeeze out juice; figuratively, to trample
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: tread down.
TWOT Reference: 1660
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to press, crush, press by treading, tread down or out, press (grapes)
1a) (Qal) to press
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָסַס (a.sas) — to press. 1) to press, crush, press by treading, tread down or out, press (grapes) 1a) (Qal) to press
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עָסִיס
Impact | verb qal
to tread down, to trample = action by which animals tread down objects under their feet, ≈ only used in a figurative extension of meaning where humans tread down their enemies as if they were animals
MAL 3:21
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָסַס] vb. press, crush, by treading, tread down;—Qal Mal 3:21 ref