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Lexicon :: Strong's H4522 - mas

Aa
מַס
Transliteration
mas
Pronunciation
mas
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1218

Strong’s Definitions

מַס maç, mas; or מִס miç; from H4549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor:—discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H4522 in the following manner: tribute (12x), tributary (5x), levy (4x), discomfited (1x), taskmasters (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H4522 in the following manner: tribute (12x), tributary (5x), levy (4x), discomfited (1x), taskmasters (1x).

  1. gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited

    1. labour-band, labour-gang, slave gang

    2. gang-overseers

    3. forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַס maç, mas; or מִס miç; from H4549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor:—discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
STRONGS H4522: Abbreviations
† I. מַס noun masculine1Ki 5:27 usually collective body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band or gang, also (late) forced service, task-work, serfdom (Targum מִסָּא, especially in phrase מַסְּקֵי מִיסִּין (implying late and [for Biblical Hebrew] false sense 'tribute,' so Late Hebrew מַעֲלֵי מָסִּים; √ unknown, probably loan-word; follows analogue of ע׳׳ע); — absolute ׳span class="Hb maroon">מ 1 Kings 5:27 +; לָמַ֑ס Joshua 17:13 +; הַמַּ֑ס 2 Samuel 20:24 +; plural מִסִּים Exodus 1:11; —
1. labour-band, labour-gang, body of task-workers for public service, formed by levy upon the people by Solomon וַיַּ֫עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁלֹמֹה מַס מִכָּליִֿשְׂרָאֵל 1 Kings 5:27, amounting to 30,000 men 1 Kings 5:27; אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה הַמּ׳ 1 Kings 9:15; וַיַּעֲלֵם שׁ׳ לְמַס עֹבֵד 1 Kings 9:21 and Solomon levied them for a toiling labour-band (compare Genesis 49:15; Joshua 16:10) = לְמַס וַיַּעֲלֵם שׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 8:8; apparently instituted, earlier, by David, compare וַאֲדֹרָם עַלהַֿמַּ֑ס 2 Samuel 20:24, i.e. had charge of the body of labourers, so 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18.
2.
a. of labour-bands, slave-gangs of Israel in Egypt, only שָׂרֵי מִסִּים Exodus 1:11 (J) gang-overseers.
b. of conquered populations, subject to forced labour: יִהְיוּ לְךָ לָמַס וַעֲבָדוּךָ Deuteronomy 20:11 compare Judges 1:30, 33, 35 (see GFM), Isaiah 31:8; Lamentations 1:1; so ויהי לְמַס עֹבֵד Joshua 16:10 (compare Genesis 49:15; 1 Kings 9:21); וַיִתְּנוּ אֶתהַֿכְּנַעֲנִי לָמַ֑ס Joshua 17:13, compare (וַיָּ֫שֶׂם וגו׳) Judges 1:28.
3. in general: וַיְהִי לְמַסעֹֿבֵד Genesis 49:15 and he (Issachar) became a slaving labour-band (poem in J; compare Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 9:21); compare רְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַ֑ס Proverbs 12:24 (here apparently of individual)
4. forced service, serfdom (or possibly (in late passage) tribute = enforced payment, compare Late Hebrew, Targum, see above), only of Ahasuerus: וַיָּשֶׂם הַמֶּלֶךְ מַס עַלהָֿאָרֶץ וגו׳ Esther 10:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:15; 49:15; 49:15

Exodus

1:11; 1:11

Deuteronomy

20:11

Joshua

16:10; 16:10; 16:10; 17:13; 17:13

Judges

1:28; 1:30; 1:33; 1:35

2 Samuel

20:24; 20:24

1 Kings

4:6; 9:15; 9:21; 9:21; 9:21; 12:18

2 Chronicles

8:8; 10:18

Esther

10:1

Proverbs

12:24

Isaiah

31:8

Lamentations

1:1

H4522

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Strong's Number H4522 matches the Hebrew מַס (mas),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“When he saw H7200 that a resting H4496 place H4496 was good H2896

And that the land H776 was H5276 pleasant H5276,

He bowed H5186 his shoulder H7926 to carry H5445 burdens,

And became H1961 a slave H5647 at forced H4522 labor H4522.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So they appointed H7760 taskmasters H8269 H4522 over H5921 them to oppress H6031 them with [fn]hard H5450 labor H5450. And they built H1129 for Pharaoh H6547 storage H4543 cities H5892, Pithom H6619 and Raamses H7486.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - “And if H518 it [fn]agrees H6030 to H6030 make H6030 peace H7965 with you and opens H6605 to you, then all H3605 the people H5971 who are found H4672 in it shall become H1961 your forced H4522 labor H4522 and serve H5647 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - But they did not [fn]drive H3423 out H3423 the Canaanites H3669 who lived H3427 in Gezer H1507, so the Canaanites H3669 live H3427 in the midst H7130 of Ephraim H669 to this H2088 day H3117, and they became H1961 forced H4522 laborers H5647 H4522.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - And it came H1961 about H1961 when H3588 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 became H2388 strong H2388, they put H5414 the Canaanites H3669 to forced H4522 labor H4522, but they did not [fn]drive H3423 them out H3423 completely H3423.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - And it came H1961 about H1961, when H3588 Israel H3478 became H2388 strong H2388, that they put H7760 the Canaanites H3669 to forced H4522 labor H4522; but they did not drive H3423 them out H3423 completely H3423.

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Zebulun H2074 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Kitron H7003, or the inhabitants H3427 of [fn]Nahalol H5096; so the Canaanites H3669 lived H3427 among H7130 them and became H1961 subject to forced H4522 labor H4522.

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Naphtali H5321 did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053, or the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-anath H1043, but lived H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites H3669, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and the inhabitants H3427 of Beth-shemesh H1053 and Beth-anath H1043 became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - yet the Amorites H567 persisted H2974 in living H3427 on Mount H2022 Heres H2776, in Aijalon H357 and Shaalbim H8169; but when the [fn]power H3027 of the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 [fn]grew H3513 strong H3513, they became H1961 forced H4522 labor H4522.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24 - and Adoram H151 was over H5921 the forced H4522 labor H4522, and Jehoshaphat H3092 the son H1121 of Ahilud H286 was the secretary H4206;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - and Ahishar H301 was over H5921 the household H1004; and Adoniram H141 the son H1121 of Abda H5653 was over H5921 the forced H4522 labor H4522.

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Now King H4428 Solomon H8010 [fn]conscripted H5927 forced H4522 laborers H4522 from all H3605 Israel H3478; and the forced H4522 laborers H4522 numbered thirty H7970 thousand H505 men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - Then he sent H7971 them to Lebanon H3844, ten H6235 thousand H505 a month H2320 in shifts H2487; they were in Lebanon H3844 for a month H2320, and two H8147 months H2320 at home H1004. And Adoniram H141 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the forced H4522 laborers H4522.

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Now this H2088 is the account H1697 of the forced H4522 labor H4522 which H834 King H4428 Solomon H8010 conscripted H5927 to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, his own house H1004, the [fn]Millo H4407, the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389, Hazor H2674, Megiddo H4023, and Gezer H1507.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:21 - their descendants H1121 who H834 were left H3498 after H310 them in the land H776, whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were H3201 unable H3808 H3201 to completely H2763 eliminate H2763, from them Solomon H8010 conscripted H5927 forced H4522 laborers H5647 H4522, as they are to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - Then King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 sent H7971 Adoram H151, who H834 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the forced H4522 labor H4522, and all H3605 Israel H3478 stoned H7275 H68 him [fn]to death H4191. And King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 hurried H553 to mount H5927 his chariot H4818 to flee H5127 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8 - that is, from their descendants H1121 who H834 were left H3498 after H310 them in the land H776, whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had not destroyed H3615, Solomon H8010 raised H5927 them as forced H4522 laborers H4522 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 sent H7971 Hadoram H1913, who H834 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the forced H4522 labor H4522, and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 stoned H7275 H68 him [fn]to death H4191. And King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 hurried H553 to mount H5927 his chariot H4818 to flee H5127 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Now King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 imposed H7760 a tax H4522 on the land H776 and the coastlands H339 of the sea H3220.

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The hand H3027 of the diligent H2742 will rule H4910,

But the [fn]lazy H7423 hand will be put to forced H4522 labor H4522.

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And the Assyrian H804 will fall H5307 by a sword H2719 not wielded by a man H376,

And a sword H2719 not of man H120 will devour H398 him.

So he will [fn]not escape H5127 the sword H2719,

And his young H970 men H970 will become H1961 forced H4522 laborers H4522.

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How H351 lonely H910 sits H3427 the city H5892

That once had many H7227 people H5971!

She has become H1961 like a widow H490

Who was once great H7227 among the nations H1471!

She who was a princess H8282 among the [fn]provinces H4082

Has become H1961 a forced H4522 laborer H4522!

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