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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - But the children struggled H7533 together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - “A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and crushed H7533 all your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and she smashed H7533 his skull.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - And they shattered and smashed H7533 the sons of Israel [fn]that year; for eighteen years they did this to all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan [fn]in Gilead in the land of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed H7533, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said, “You have not extorted us or oppressed H7533 us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - “Now behold, you [fn]trust in the staff of this crushed H7533 reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his [fn]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Then Asa was vexed with the seer and put him in [fn]prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed H7533 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 has crushed H7533 and forsaken the poor;

He has seized a house which he has not built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 -

You crushed H7533 the heads of [fn]Leviathan;

You gave him as food for the [fn]creatures of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before the silver [fn]cord is [fn]snapped and the golden bowl is crushed H7533, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed H7533;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold, you trust in the staff of this crushed H7533 reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [fn]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 -

“A crushed H7533 reed He will not break

And a faintly burning wick He will not extinguish;

He will bring forth justice in truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 -

“He will not be faint or crushed H7533

Until He has established justice in the earth;

And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His [fn]law.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 -

“Is this not the fast which I choose,

To loosen the bonds of wickedness,

To release the bands of [fn]the yoke,

And to let the oppressed H7533 go free

And break every [fn]yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 -

“When they seized you with the hand,

You tore H7533 and split open all their [fn]shoulders;

And when they leaned on you,

You broke and made all their loins [fn]quake.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 -

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed H7533 in judgment,

Because he was determined to [fn]walk after man’s command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 -

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,

Who oppress the poor, who crush H7533 the needy,

Who say to their [fn]husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

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