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Lexicon :: Strong's H3238 - yānâ

Aa
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

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - ... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - And this will be his heritage in Israel: and my rulers will no longer be cruel masters to my people; but they will give the land as a heritage to the children of Israel by their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - And the ruler is not to take the heritage of any of the people, driving them out of their property; he is to give a heritage to his sons out of the property which is his: so that my people may not be sent away from their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!
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