Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4522
מַס
masmas
taskworker
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4522is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4522
properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor
The King James renders it: discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mas is rendered "taskworker". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Seven of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:15He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
Genesis 49:15לְמַס־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-three uses are in 1 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- into forced labor9
- the forced labor7
- a tax1
- forced labor1
- into a slave gang of1
- into forced labor of1
- slave gangs1
- to forced labor1
- to forced labor of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַסֵּכָה | massekah | liquid | Uses28 |
| מַסַּע | massa | journey | Uses12 |
| מַסְגֵּר | masger | locksmith | Uses7 |
| מַסָּה | massah | despair | Uses4 |
| מַסְמֵר | masmer | nail | Uses4 |
| מַסְוֶה | masveh | veil | Uses3 |
| מַסָּע | massa | quarry | Uses2 |
| מַסֶּכֶת | masseketh | weave | Uses2 |
| מַסַּד | massad | foundation | Uses1 |
| מַסָּח | massach | defense | Uses1 |
| מַסְלוּל | maslul | highway | Uses1 |
| מַסְתֵּר | master | hiding | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמַּ֔ס3
- לְמַס־3
- לָמַֽס׃ ס3
- הַמַּֽס׃ ס2
- לָמַ֑ס2
- לָמַֽס׃2
- הַמַּ֑ס1
- הַמַּ֜ס1
- לְמַ֔ס1
- לָמַ֖ס1
- לָמַ֥ס1
- מַ֖ס1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular10HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular7HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
Genesis
one use
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- לְמַס־lemas-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into forced labor of
Exodus
one use
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- מִסִּ֔יםmisimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: slave gangs
Deuteronomy
one use
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
- לָמַ֖סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Joshua
two uses
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- לְמַס־lemas-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a slave gang of
However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
- לָמַ֑סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Judges
four uses
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
- לָמַ֑סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
- לָמַֽס׃ סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
- לָמַֽס׃ סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- לָמַֽס׃lamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
2 Samuel
one use
Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- הַמַּ֑סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
1 Kings
seven uses
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
- הַמַּֽס׃ סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
- מַ֖סmasnoun · masculine singulartagged: forced labor
- הַמַּ֔סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
- הַמַּֽס׃ סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- הַמַּ֜סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- לְמַס־lemas-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to forced labor of
Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
- הַמַּ֔סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
2 Chronicles
two uses
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- לְמַ֔סlemaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to forced labor
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
- הַמַּ֔סhamasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the forced labor
Esther
one use
Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
- מַ֛סmasnoun · masculine singulartagged: a tax
Proverbs
one use
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- לָמַֽס׃lamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Isaiah
one use
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
- לָמַ֥סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Lamentations
one use
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
- לָמַֽס׃ סlamaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into forced labor
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.