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Lexicon :: Strong's H7533 - rāṣaṣ

Aa
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 BoxGen 25:22 - But the children H1121 struggled H7533 together within H7130 her; and she said H559, “If H518 it is so H3651, why H4100 am I in this condition?” So she went H1980 to inquire H1875 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - “A people H5971 whom H834 you do not know H3045 will eat H398 the produce H6529 of your ground H127 and every H3605 product H3018 of H3018 your labor H3018, and you will never H7534 be anything H7534 but H7534 oppressed H6231 and mistreated H7533 continually H3605 H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - But a woman H802 threw H7993 an upper H7393 millstone H7393 on Abimelech’s H40 head H7218, crushing H7533 his skull H1538.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - And they [fn]afflicted H7492 and oppressed H7533 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]that year H8141; for eighteen H8083 H6240 years H8141 they oppressed all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, [fn]in Gilead H1568 in the land H776 of the Amorites H567.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here H2009 I am; testify H6030 against me before H5048 the LORD H3068 and His anointed H4899. Whose H4310 ox H7794 have I taken H3947, or whose H4310 donkey H2543 have I taken H3947, or whom H4310 have I exploited H6231? Whom H4310 have I oppressed H7533, or from whose H4310 hand H3027 have I taken H3947 a bribe H3724 to close H5956 my eyes H5869 with it? I will return H7725 it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said H559, “You have not exploited H6231 us or oppressed H7533 us, or taken H3947 anything H3972 from anyone’s H376 hand H3027.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - “Now H6258 behold H2009, you have [fn]relied H982 on the [fn]support H4938 of this H2088 broken H7533 reed H7070, on Egypt H4714; on which H834 if a man H376 leans H5564, it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. That H3651 is H3651 how H3651 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 is to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Then Asa H609 was angry H3707 with the seer H7203 and put H5414 him in [fn]prison H1004 H4115, for he was enraged H2197 at him for this H2088. And Asa H609 mistreated H7533 some H4480 of the people H5971 at the same H1931 time H6256.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 -

“For he has oppressed H7533 and neglected H5800 the poor H1800;

He has seized H1497 a house H1004 which he has not built H1129.

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[fn]You crushed H7533 the heads H7218 of [fn]Leviathan H3882;

You gave H5414 him as food H3978 for the [fn]creatures H5971 of the wilderness H6728.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember your Creator before H5704 H834 H3808 the silver H3701 cord H2256 is [fn]broken H7576 and the golden H2091 bowl H1543 is crushed H7533, the pitcher H3537 by the spring H4002 is shattered H7665 and the wheel H1534 at the cistern H953 is crushed H7533;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold H2009, you have relied H982 on the staff H4938 of this H2088 broken H7533 reed H7070, on Egypt H4714, on which H834 if a man H376 leans H5564, it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. So H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 -

“A bent H7533 reed H7070 He will not break H7665 off

And a dimly H3544 burning H3544 wick H6594 He will not extinguish H3518;

He will faithfully H571 bring H3318 forth H3318 justice H4941.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 -

“He will not be disheartened H3543 or crushed H7533

Until H5704 He has established H7760 justice H4941 on the earth H776;

And the coastlands H339 will wait H3176 expectantly H3176 for His [fn]law H8451.”

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“Is this H2088 not the fast H6685 that I choose H977:

To release H6605 the bonds H2784 of wickedness H7562,

To undo H5425 the ropes H92 of the yoke H4133,

And to let H7971 the oppressed H7533 go H7971 free H2670,

And break H5423 every H3605 yoke H4133?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 -

“When they took H8610 hold H8610 of you with the hand H3709,

You broke H7533 and tore H1234 all H3605 their [fn]hands H3802;

And when they leaned H8172 on you,

You broke H7665 and made all H3605 their hips H4975 [fn]shake H4571.”

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Ephraim H669 is oppressed H6231, broken H7533 by judgment H4941,

Because H3588 he was H2974 determined H2974 to follow H1980 H310 [fn]man’s command H6673.

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Hear H8085 this H2088 word H1697, you [fn]cows H6510 of Bashan H1316 who H834 are on the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111,

Who exploit H6231 the poor H1800, who oppress H7533 the needy H34,

[fn]And say H559 to their [fn]husbands H113, “Bring H935 now, that we may drink H8354!”

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