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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

H3238

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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 - Thou shalt H3238➔ neither H3808 vex ➔ H3238 a stranger, H1616 nor H3808 oppress him: H3905 for H3588 ye were H1961 strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:26 - And I will feed H398 them that oppress thee H3238 with their own flesh; H1320 and H6071➔ they shall be drunken H7937 with their own blood, H1818 as with sweet wine: ➔H6071 and H3045➔ all H3605 flesh H1320 shall know ➔H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 am thy Saviour H3467 and thy Redeemer, H1350 the mighty One H46 of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Execute ye H6213 judgment H4941 and righteousness, H6666 and deliver H5337 the spoiled H1497 out of the hand H3027 of the oppressor: H6216 and H1616➔ do H3238➔ no H408 wrong, ➔ H3238 do H2554➔ no H408 violence ➔H2554 to the stranger, ➔H1616 the fatherless, H3490 nor the widow, H490 neither H408 shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in H4725➔ this H2088 place. ➔H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off H3772 the sower H2232 from Babylon, H894 and him that handleth H8610 the sickle H4038 in the time H6256 of harvest: H7105 for fear H6440 of H2719➔ the oppressing H3238 sword ➔H2719 they shall turn H6437 every one H376 to H413 his people, H5971 and H376➔ they shall flee H5127 every one ➔H376 to his own land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - And H376➔ hath H3238➔ not H3808 oppressed ➔ H3238 any, ➔H376 but hath restored H7725 to the debtor H2326 his pledge, H2258 hath spoiled H1497 none H3808 by violence, H1500 hath given H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry, H7457 and H5903➔ hath covered H3680 the naked ➔H5903 with a garment; H899

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - Hath oppressed H3238 the poor H6041 and needy, H34 hath spoiled H1497 by violence, H1500 hath H7725➔ not H3808 restored ➔H7725 the pledge, H2258 and H413➔ hath lifted up H5375 his eyes H5869 to ➔H413 the idols, H1544 hath committed H6213 abomination, H8441

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Neither H3808 hath oppressed H3238 any, H376 hath H2254➔ not H3808 withholden ➔H2254 the pledge, H2258 neither H3808 hath spoiled H1497 by violence, H1500 but hath given H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry, H7457 and H5903➔ hath covered H3680 the naked ➔H5903 with a garment, H899

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee have they set light H7043 by father H1 and mother: H517 in the midst of thee H8432 have they dealt H6213 by oppression H6233 with the stranger: H1616 in thee have they vexed H3238 the fatherless H3490 and the widow. H490

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people H5971 of the land H776 have used oppression, H6231 H6233 and exercised H1497 robbery, H1498 and H6041➔ have vexed H3238 the poor ➔H6041 and needy: H34 yea, H853 they have oppressed H6231 the stranger H1616 wrongfully. H3808 H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - In the land H776 shall be H1961 his possession H272 in Israel: H3478 and H3808➔ my princes H5387 shall H3238➔ no ➔H3808 more H5750 oppress ➔ H3238 my people; H5971 and the rest of the land H776 shall they give H5414 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478 according to their tribes. H7626

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - Moreover H3808➔ the prince H5387 shall H3947➔ not ➔H3808 take ➔H3947 of H5159➔ the people's H5971 inheritance ➔H5159 by oppression, to thrust them H3238 out of their possession; H272 but he shall give H5157➔ his sons H1121 inheritance ➔H5157 out of his own possession: H272 that H4616 H834 my people H5971 be H6327➔ not H3808 scattered ➔H6327 every man H376 from his possession. H272

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