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Lexicon :: Strong's H7533 - rāṣaṣ

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רָצַץ
Transliteration
rāṣaṣ
Pronunciation
raw-tsats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2212

Strong’s Definitions

רָצַץ râtsats, raw-tsats'; a primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively:—break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7533 in the following manner: oppressed (6x), broken (4x), break (3x), bruised (2x), crush (2x), discouraged (1x), struggle together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7533 in the following manner: oppressed (6x), broken (4x), break (3x), bruised (2x), crush (2x), discouraged (1x), struggle together (1x).

  1. to crush, oppress

    1. (Qal)

      1. to crush, get crushed, be crushed

      2. to crush, oppress (fig)

      3. crushed (participle passive)

    2. (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken

    3. (Piel)

      1. to crush in pieces

      2. to grievously oppress (fig)

    4. (Poel) to oppress (fig)

    5. (Hiphil) to crush

    6. (Hithpoel) to crush each other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָצַץ râtsats, raw-tsats'; a primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively:—break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
STRONGS H7533: Abbreviations
† [רָצַץ] verb crush (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb095408 bruise, bray, crush; Aramaic רְעַ, bdb095409 crush, shatter); —
Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix רַצּוֺתָנוּ 1 Samuel 12:4; 1st person singular רַצּוֺתִי 1 Samuel 12:3; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָּרוּץ (Ges§ 67 q) Isaiah 42:4 (Babylonian Manuscript יֵרוֺץ, Niph., so SS here and Ecclesiastes 12:6a), 3rd person feminine singular תָּרוּץ Ecclesiastes 12:6a, 1st person singular אָרֻץ Psalm 18:30 = אָרוּץ 2 Samuel 22:30 (see below); Participle active feminine plural רֹצְצוֺת Amos 4:1; passive רָצוּץ Isaiah 42:3 +, construct רְצוּץ Hosea 5:11; plural רְצוּצִים Isaiah 58:6; — crush:
1. literal,
a. passive participle in (הַ)קָּנֶה (הָ)רָצוּץ 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6; Isaiah 42:3 (all metaphor of weak person).
b. imperfect intransitive get crushed (read תֵּרוֺץ ?), of bowl Ecclesiastes 12:6a (in metaphor).
2. figurative crush, oppress, accusative of person 1 Samuel 12:3, 4; Amos 4:1; passive participle Deuteronomy 28:33, as substantive the oppressed Isaiah 58:6; מִשְׁפָּט רְצוּץ Hosea 5:11 (We Now רֹצֵץ, i.e. perverting judgment, but dubious); intransitive get crushed (read יֵרוֺץ ?), of servant of י׳, under figure of wick, Isaiah 42:4 (+ יִכְהֶה) he shall not grow dim or be crushed out.
Niph. be crushed, broken: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive נְרֹץ (Ges§ 67 t) Ecclesiastes 12:6b (of wheel at cistern); Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּרוֺץ Ezekiel 29:7 (of Pharaoh as reed, compare Qal 1 a); Job 20:10 read perhaps יֵרֹצּוּ (for יְרַצּוּ, see רצה Pi.), are crushed (as) poor men, Bu, compare Hoffm SS Gerber. — Isaiah 42:2; Ecclesiastes 12:6 a see Qal.
Pi. crush in pieces:
1. literal (in metaphor) Perfect 2nd person masculine singular רִצַּצְתָּ Psalm 74:14 with accusative of thing.
2. figurative = grievously oppress, 3rd person masculine singular רִצַּץ Job 20:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְרַצֵּץ מִן הָעָם 2 Chronicles 16:10.
Po`el Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיְרֹצְצוּ Judges 10:8, accusative of person (= Pi. 2; || רעץ; רצץ here perhaps doublet, so GFMHpt, compare Bu Now).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתָּ֫רִץ (Köi. 352; BaZMG xliii (1889), 181 thinks Qal) Judges 9:53 she crushed his skull.
Hithpō`. reciprocal, Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וִיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ Genesis 25:22 (J) the children crushed (thurst, struck) one another within her.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7490.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:22

Deuteronomy

28:33

Judges

9:53; 10:8

1 Samuel

12:3; 12:3; 12:4; 12:4

2 Samuel

22:30

2 Kings

18:21

2 Chronicles

16:10

Job

20:10; 20:19

Psalms

18:30; 74:14

Ecclesiastes

12:6; 12:6; 12:6; 12:6; 12:6

Isaiah

36:6; 42:2; 42:3; 42:3; 42:4; 42:4; 58:6; 58:6

Ezekiel

29:7

Hosea

5:11; 5:11

Amos

4:1; 4:1

H7533

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7533 matches the Hebrew רָצַץ (rāṣaṣ),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - And they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years oppressed they all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 -
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 -
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces;
Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 - A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 - He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 - Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
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