מַס

masNoun (Masculine)H4522

taskworker

From: or מִס; from H4549 (מָסַס);

Short Definition

properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited 1a) labour-band, labour-gang, slave gang 1b) gang-overseers 1c) forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

20 times

Appears 20 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Kings
4
Judges
4
2 Chronicles
2
Joshua
2
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 12:18
  • 2 Chronicles 10:18
  • Esther 10:1
  • Judges 1:28
  • Joshua 16:10

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