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to squeeze, press, oppress Original Word: לָחַץTransliteration: lachats Phonetic Spelling: (law-khats') Short Definition: afflict
a prim. root Definition to squeeze, press, oppress NASB Word Usage afflict (1), forced (1), hold the shut (1), oppress (2), oppressed (6), oppresses (1), oppressing (2), oppressors (3), pressed (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress -- afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
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