Quick Definition
to crush
Strong's Definition
to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
TWOT Reference: 2212
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָצַץ (ra.tsats) — to crush. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רַץ · מְרוּצָה
Impact | verb qal, verb nif
to break = causative action by which humans destroy an object by using force to break it into two or more pieces
2KI 18:21 · 2KI 23:12 · ECC 12:6 · ISA 36:6 · ISA 42:3 · EZK 29:7
Impact | verb hif, verb pi
to crush = causative action by which deities destroy an object by using force to break it into multiple pieces
Unsafe | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ עשׁק · רעץ
to oppress literally: to crush; hence: = action by which humans in a position of authority treat those subjected to them unjustly
DEU 28:33 · JDG 10:8 · 1SA 12:3 · 1SA 12:4 · 2CH 16:10 · JOB 20:19 · ISA 58:6 · HOS 5:11 · AMO 4:1
Wrestle | verb hit
to struggle meaning unsure; literally: crushing; hence, possibly: = action by which two humans use physical force against one another and strive for pre-eminence
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָצַץ] vb. crush Qal crush
Niph. be crushed, broken
Pi. crush in pieces
Pō‛ēl acc. pers.
Hiph. she crushed his skull
Hithpō‛. recipr., the children crushed (thrust, struck) one another within her.
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