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Lexicon :: Strong's H3238 - yānâ

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יָנָה
Transliteration
yānâ
Pronunciation
yaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 873

Strong’s Definitions

יָנָה yânâh, yaw-naw'; a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat:—destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3238 in the following manner: oppress (11x), vex (4x), destroy (1x), oppressor (1x), proud (1x), do wrong (1x), oppression (1x), thrust out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3238 in the following manner: oppress (11x), vex (4x), destroy (1x), oppressor (1x), proud (1x), do wrong (1x), oppression (1x), thrust out.
  1. to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong

    1. (Qal) to oppress, suppress

    2. (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָנָה yânâh, yaw-naw'; a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat:—destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
STRONGS H3238: Abbreviations
† [יָנָה] verb suppress (?),oppress, maltreat (Late Hebrew Hiph. vex with words; so Aramaic Aph`el אוֺנִי, but also Targum for Hebrew הוֺנָה maltreat; Arabic bdb041301 is laxus, debilis fuit, iv. debilitavit, defatigavit, but connection dubious) —
Qal Imperfect 1st person plural suffix נִינָם Psalm 74:8; Participle יוֺנָה Jeremiah 25:38 + 3 times + Psalm 123:4 (see below); — suppress (?) followed by accusative Psalm 74:8 (text dubious); elsewhere oppress; Participle absolute as adjective הָעִיר הַיּוֺנָה Zephaniah 3:1; substantive f. collective הַיּוֺנָה oppressors Jeremiah 25:38 (but read חֶרֶב for חֲרוֺן, with Greek Version of the LXX Ew Hi Gf Ke etc., as Jeremiah 46:16; Jeremiah 50:16); Psalm 123:4 Qr לִגְאֵי יוֺנִים proudest oppressors (stative construct in superlative, compare Ges§ 133, 3, R. 1; yet most follow Kt לּגּאייונים, and derived from גַּאֲיוֺן which see above)
Hiph. Perfect הוֺנָה Ezekiel 18:12, 16; הוֺנוּ Ezekiel 22:7, 29; Imperfect יוֺנֶה Ezekiel 18:7; 2nd person masculine singular תּיֹנֶה Exodus 22:20; תּוֺנֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 23:17; יוֺנוּ Ezekiel 45:8; תּוֺנוּ Leviticus 19:33 + 2 times; תֹּנוּ Jeremiah 22:3; Infinitive suffix הוֺנֹתָם Ezekiel 46:18; Participle מוֺנַ֫יִךְ Isaiah 49:26; — oppress, maltreat, followed by accusative, especially of ill-treatment of poor and weak, particular of the גֵּר, the 'stranger,' sojourner, by the rich and powerful, Exodus 22:20 (JE), Leviticus 19:33; Leviticus 25:14, 17 (H), Deuteronomy 23:17; Jeremiah 22:3; Ezekiel 18:7, 12, 16; Ezekiel 22:7, 29; Ezekiel 45:8; Ezekiel 46:18; of a foreign oppressor only Isaiah 49:26.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:20; 22:20

Leviticus

19:33; 19:33; 25:14; 25:17

Deuteronomy

23:17; 23:17

Psalms

74:8; 74:8; 123:4; 123:4

Isaiah

49:26; 49:26

Jeremiah

22:3; 22:3; 25:38; 25:38; 46:16; 50:16

Ezekiel

18:7; 18:7; 18:12; 18:12; 18:16; 18:16; 22:7; 22:7; 22:29; 22:29; 45:8; 45:8; 46:18; 46:18

Zephaniah

3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3238 matches the Hebrew יָנָה (yānâ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - Thou shalt neither vex H3238 a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex H3238 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress H3238 one another:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - Ye shall not therefore oppress H3238 one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress H3238 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - They said in their hearts, Let us destroy H3238 them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - And I will feed them that oppress H3238 thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, H3238 do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, H3238 and because of his fierce anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing H3238 sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing H3238 sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - And hath not oppressed H3238 any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - Hath oppressed H3238 the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Neither hath oppressed H3238 any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed H3238 the fatherless and the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed H3238 the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress H3238 my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, H3238 to thrust H3238 them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing H3238 city!
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