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Lexicon :: Strong's H4522 - mas

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מַס
Transliteration
mas
Pronunciation
mas
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1218

Strong’s Definitions

מַס maç, mas; or מִס miç; from H4549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor:—discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H4522 in the following manner: tribute (12x), tributary (5x), levy (4x), discomfited (1x), taskmasters (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H4522 in the following manner: tribute (12x), tributary (5x), levy (4x), discomfited (1x), taskmasters (1x).

  1. gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited

    1. labour-band, labour-gang, slave gang

    2. gang-overseers

    3. forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַס maç, mas; or מִס miç; from H4549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor:—discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
STRONGS H4522: Abbreviations
† I. מַס noun masculine1Ki 5:27 usually collective body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band or gang, also (late) forced service, task-work, serfdom (Targum מִסָּא, especially in phrase מַסְּקֵי מִיסִּין (implying late and [for Biblical Hebrew] false sense 'tribute,' so Late Hebrew מַעֲלֵי מָסִּים; √ unknown, probably loan-word; follows analogue of ע׳׳ע); — absolute ׳span class="Hb maroon">מ 1 Kings 5:27 +; לָמַ֑ס Joshua 17:13 +; הַמַּ֑ס 2 Samuel 20:24 +; plural מִסִּים Exodus 1:11; —
1. labour-band, labour-gang, body of task-workers for public service, formed by levy upon the people by Solomon וַיַּ֫עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁלֹמֹה מַס מִכָּליִֿשְׂרָאֵל 1 Kings 5:27, amounting to 30,000 men 1 Kings 5:27; אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה הַמּ׳ 1 Kings 9:15; וַיַּעֲלֵם שׁ׳ לְמַס עֹבֵד 1 Kings 9:21 and Solomon levied them for a toiling labour-band (compare Genesis 49:15; Joshua 16:10) = לְמַס וַיַּעֲלֵם שׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 8:8; apparently instituted, earlier, by David, compare וַאֲדֹרָם עַלהַֿמַּ֑ס 2 Samuel 20:24, i.e. had charge of the body of labourers, so 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18.
2.
a. of labour-bands, slave-gangs of Israel in Egypt, only שָׂרֵי מִסִּים Exodus 1:11 (J) gang-overseers.
b. of conquered populations, subject to forced labour: יִהְיוּ לְךָ לָמַס וַעֲבָדוּךָ Deuteronomy 20:11 compare Judges 1:30, 33, 35 (see GFM), Isaiah 31:8; Lamentations 1:1; so ויהי לְמַס עֹבֵד Joshua 16:10 (compare Genesis 49:15; 1 Kings 9:21); וַיִתְּנוּ אֶתהַֿכְּנַעֲנִי לָמַ֑ס Joshua 17:13, compare (וַיָּ֫שֶׂם וגו׳) Judges 1:28.
3. in general: וַיְהִי לְמַסעֹֿבֵד Genesis 49:15 and he (Issachar) became a slaving labour-band (poem in J; compare Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 9:21); compare רְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַ֑ס Proverbs 12:24 (here apparently of individual)
4. forced service, serfdom (or possibly (in late passage) tribute = enforced payment, compare Late Hebrew, Targum, see above), only of Ahasuerus: וַיָּשֶׂם הַמֶּלֶךְ מַס עַלהָֿאָרֶץ וגו׳ Esther 10:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:15; 49:15; 49:15

Exodus

1:11; 1:11

Deuteronomy

20:11

Joshua

16:10; 16:10; 16:10; 17:13; 17:13

Judges

1:28; 1:30; 1:33; 1:35

2 Samuel

20:24; 20:24

1 Kings

4:6; 9:15; 9:21; 9:21; 9:21; 12:18

2 Chronicles

8:8; 10:18

Esther

10:1

Proverbs

12:24

Isaiah

31:8

Lamentations

1:1

H4522

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Strong's Number H4522 matches the Hebrew מַס (mas),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labour, and became a husbandman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - And he set over them task-masters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - If then they should answer peaceably to thee, and open to thee, it shall be that all the people found in it shall be tributary and subject to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - And Ephraim did not destroy the Chananite who dwelt in Gazer; and the Chananite dwelt in Ephraim until this day, until Pharao the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burnt it with fire; and the Chananites, and Pherezites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharao gave them for a dowry to his daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - And it came to pass that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Chananites subject, but they did not utterly destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:30 - And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 - And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Bæthsamys, nor the inhabitants of Bæthanach; and Nephthali dwelt in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Bætheneth became tributary to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which are bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24 - And Adoniram was over the tribute: and Josaphath the son of Achiluth was recorder.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the chief steward; and Eliab the son of Saph was over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - (LXX 5:27) And the king raised [fn]a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - (LXX 5:28) And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand taking turn every month: they were a month in Libanus and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - And the king sent Adoniram who was over the tribute; and they stoned him with stones, and he died: and king Roboam [fn]made haste to rise to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8 - but were of the children of them whom the children of Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - And king Roboam sent to them Adoniram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And king Roboam hasted to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And the king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - (LXX 1:0) [And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, that Jeremias sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said] (1:1) Aleph. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! she is become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become tributary.
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