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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Gen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a servant at forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:30 - Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 - Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24 - and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:13 - King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the draft.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 - And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the LORD and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:21 - their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[fn]—these Solomon drafted to be slaves, and so they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8 - from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon drafted as forced labor, and so they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram,[fn] who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of the diligent will rule,
while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - “And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man;
and a sword, not of man, shall devour him;
and he shall flee from the sword,
and his young men shall be put to forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - How lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like a widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
has become a slave.
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