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Lexicon :: Strong's H3238 - yānâ

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יָנָה
Transliteration
yānâ
Pronunciation
yaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 873

Strong’s Definitions

יָנָה yânâh, yaw-naw'; a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat:—destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3238 in the following manner: oppress (11x), vex (4x), destroy (1x), oppressor (1x), proud (1x), do wrong (1x), oppression (1x), thrust out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3238 in the following manner: oppress (11x), vex (4x), destroy (1x), oppressor (1x), proud (1x), do wrong (1x), oppression (1x), thrust out.

  1. to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong

    1. (Qal) to oppress, suppress

    2. (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָנָה yânâh, yaw-naw'; a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat:—destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
STRONGS H3238: Abbreviations
† [יָנָה] verb suppress (?),oppress, maltreat (Late Hebrew Hiph. vex with words; so Aramaic Aph`el אוֺנִי, but also Targum for Hebrew הוֺנָה maltreat; Arabic bdb041301 is laxus, debilis fuit, iv. debilitavit, defatigavit, but connection dubious) —
Qal Imperfect 1st person plural suffix נִינָם Psalm 74:8; Participle יוֺנָה Jeremiah 25:38 + 3 times + Psalm 123:4 (see below); — suppress (?) followed by accusative Psalm 74:8 (text dubious); elsewhere oppress; Participle absolute as adjective הָעִיר הַיּוֺנָה Zephaniah 3:1; substantive f. collective הַיּוֺנָה oppressors Jeremiah 25:38 (but read חֶרֶב for חֲרוֺן, with Greek Version of the LXX Ew Hi Gf Ke etc., as Jeremiah 46:16; Jeremiah 50:16); Psalm 123:4 Qr לִגְאֵי יוֺנִים proudest oppressors (stative construct in superlative, compare Ges§ 133, 3, R. 1; yet most follow Kt לּגּאייונים, and derived from גַּאֲיוֺן which see above)
Hiph. Perfect הוֺנָה Ezekiel 18:12, 16; הוֺנוּ Ezekiel 22:7, 29; Imperfect יוֺנֶה Ezekiel 18:7; 2nd person masculine singular תּיֹנֶה Exodus 22:20; תּוֺנֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 23:17; יוֺנוּ Ezekiel 45:8; תּוֺנוּ Leviticus 19:33 + 2 times; תֹּנוּ Jeremiah 22:3; Infinitive suffix הוֺנֹתָם Ezekiel 46:18; Participle מוֺנַ֫יִךְ Isaiah 49:26; — oppress, maltreat, followed by accusative, especially of ill-treatment of poor and weak, particular of the גֵּר, the 'stranger,' sojourner, by the rich and powerful, Exodus 22:20 (JE), Leviticus 19:33; Leviticus 25:14, 17 (H), Deuteronomy 23:17; Jeremiah 22:3; Ezekiel 18:7, 12, 16; Ezekiel 22:7, 29; Ezekiel 45:8; Ezekiel 46:18; of a foreign oppressor only Isaiah 49:26.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:20; 22:20

Leviticus

19:33; 19:33; 25:14; 25:17

Deuteronomy

23:17; 23:17

Psalms

74:8; 74:8; 123:4; 123:4

Isaiah

49:26; 49:26

Jeremiah

22:3; 22:3; 25:38; 25:38; 46:16; 50:16

Ezekiel

18:7; 18:7; 18:12; 18:12; 18:16; 18:16; 22:7; 22:7; 22:29; 22:29; 45:8; 45:8; 46:18; 46:18

Zephaniah

3:1

H3238

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Strong's Number H3238 matches the Hebrew יָנָה (yānâ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not molest him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword let them turn every one to his people, and let them flee every one to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - As land shall it be his for a possession in Israel; and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - And the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them by oppression out of their possession: he shall give his sons an inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every one from his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
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