Mûwts — H4160

Definition

verb

to press, i.e. (figuratively) to oppress

1. (Qal) squeezer, extortioner, oppressor

Usually translated as

extortioner

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Mûwts occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (1)

• Isaiah 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner (הַמֵּץ֙) is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.