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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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“You shall not oppress H3238 a stranger H1616 nor torment H3905 him, for you were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

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‘When H3588 a stranger H1616 resides H1481 with you in your land H776, you shall not [fn]do H3238 him wrong H3238.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - ‘Furthermore, if H3588 you make H4376 a sale H4465 to your friend H5997, or H176 buy H7069 from your friend’s H5997 hand H3027, you shall not [fn]wrong H3238 one H376 another H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - ‘So you shall not [fn]wrong H3238 one H376 another H5997, but you shall [fn]fear H3372 your God H430; for I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - “He shall live H3427 with you in your midst H7130, in the place H4725 that he chooses H977 in one H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 where it pleases H2896 him; you shall not mistreat H3238 him.

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They said H559 in their heart H3820, “Let’s [fn]completely H3162 [fn]subdue H3238 them.”

They have burned H8313 all H3605 the meeting H4150 places H4150 of God H410 in the land H776.

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“I will feed H398 your oppressors H3238 with their own flesh H1320,

And they will become H7937 drunk H7937 with their own blood H1818 as with sweet H6071 wine H6071;

And [fn]humanity H1320 will know H3045 that I, the LORD H3068, am your Savior H3467

And your Redeemer H1350, the Mighty H46 One H46 of Jacob H3290.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666, and save H5337 one who has been robbed H1497 from the power H3027 of his oppressor H6216. And do not mistreat H3238 or do H2554 violence H2554 to the stranger H1616, the orphan H3490, or the widow H490; and do not shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place H4725.

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“He has left H5800 His hiding H5520 place H5520 like the lion H3715;

For their land H776 has become H1961 a horror H8047

Because H4480 H6440 of the fierceness H2740 of the [fn]oppressing H3238 sword

And because H4480 H6440 of His fierce H2740 anger H639.”

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“They have repeatedly H7235 stumbled H3782;

Indeed H1571, they have fallen H5307, one H376 against H413 another H7453.

Then they said H559, ‘Get H6965 up H6965, and let’s go H7725 back H7725

To our own people H5971 and our native H4138 land H776,

Away from the [fn]sword H2719 of the oppressor H3238!’

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“Eliminate H3772 the sower H2232 from Babylon H894

And the one who wields H8610 the sickle H4038 at the time H6256 of harvest H7105;

From [fn]the sword H2719 of the oppressor H3238

Each H376 of them will turn H6437 back H6437 to his own people H5971

And each H376 of them will flee H5127 to his own land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and if a man H376 does not oppress H3238 anyone, but restores H7725 to the debtor H2326 his pledge H2258, does not commit H1497 robbery H1500, but gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing H899,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - oppresses H3238 the poor H6041 and needy H34, commits H1497 robbery H1500, does not restore H7725 a pledge H2258, but raises H5375 his eyes H5869 to the idols H1544 and commits H6213 abomination H8441,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - nor oppressed H3238 anyone H376, nor retained H2254 a pledge H2258, nor committed H1497 robbery H1500; instead, he gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing H899,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - “They have treated H7043 father H1 and mother H517 with H7043 contempt H7043 among you. They have oppressed H6213 H6233 the stranger H1616 in your midst H8432; they have oppressed H3238 the orphan H3490 and the widow H490 among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - “The people H5971 of the land H776 have practiced H6231 extortion H6233 and committed H1497 robbery H1498, and they have oppressed H3238 the poor H6041 and needy H34, and have oppressed H6231 the stranger H1616 without H3808 justice H4941.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - “This shall be his land H776 as a possession H272 in Israel H3478; so My princes H5387 shall no H3808 longer H5750 oppress H3238 My people H5971, but they shall give H5414 the rest of the land H776 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478 according to their tribes H7626.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - “And the prince H5387 shall not take H3947 from the people’s H5971 inheritance H5159, [fn]depriving H3238 them of their property H272; he shall give H5157 his sons H1121 inheritance H5157 from his own property H272, so H4616 that H4616 My people H5971 will not be scattered H6327, anyone H376 from his property H272.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1

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Woe H1945 to her who is rebellious H4784 and defiled H1351,

The oppressive H3238 city H5892!

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