# לָחַץ (lachats)

Israeli respelling: la-chats. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3905. 18 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress

King James renderings: afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/lachats-h3905

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/3/9) — Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppre…
- [Exodus 22:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/21) — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- [Exodus 23:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/9) — Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- [Numbers 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/25) — And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her…
- [Judges 1:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/34) — And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
- [Judges 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/2/18) — And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days…
- [Judges 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/4/3) — And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the childr…
- [Judges 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/9) — And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, an…
- [Judges 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/12) — The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
- [1 Samuel 10:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/18) — And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the han…
- [2 Kings 6:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/32) — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he sa…
- [2 Kings 13:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/13/4) — And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed t…
- [2 Kings 13:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/13/22) — But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
- [Psalms 56:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/56/1) — Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- [Psalms 106:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/42) — Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
- [Isaiah 19:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/20) — And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the o…
- [Jeremiah 30:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/30/20) — Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
- [Amos 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/6/14) — But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the…