Strong's Hebrew · H7533

H7533 râtsats

רָצַץ

raw-tsats'

to crush

râtsats appears 19 times in Scripture, including Genesis 25:22 and Deuteronomy 28:33. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively

In the King James Version

break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 19 times in Scripture

Psalms 74:14

“You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.”

2 Kings 18:21

“Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.”

Genesis 25:22

“But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,”

Deuteronomy 28:33

“A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.”

2 Chronicles 16:10

“Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.”

Judges 10:8

“who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.”

1 Samuel 12:4

““You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.””

Job 20:19

“For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.”

Judges 9:53

“But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.”

1 Samuel 12:3

“Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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