- Original: לחץ - Transliteration: Lachats - Phonetic: law-khats' - Definition: 1. to squeeze, press, oppress a. (Qal) 1. to squeeze, press 2. to oppress b. (Niphal) to squeeze oneself - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1106 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to press that is (figuratively) to distress: - afflict crush force hold fast oppress (-or) thrust self. Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • afflict, 1 Amos 6:14 • crushed, 1 Numbers 22:25 • fast, 1 2 Kings 6:32 • forced, 1 Judges 1:34 • herself, 1 Numbers 22:25 • oppress, 5 Exodus 3:9; Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Judges 10:12; Jeremiah 30:20 • oppressed, 7 Judges 2:18; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:9; 1 Samuel 10:18; 2 Kings 13:4; 2 Kings 13:22; Psalm 106:42 • oppresseth, 1 Psalm 56:1 • oppressors, 1 Isaiah 19:20