Maç — H4522

H4522 · Hebrew — מס

Pronunciation: mas

Other spellings: miç מִס

Definition

masculine noun

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

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

Usually translated as

tribute, levy, discomfited, tributary, task, taskmaster

Origin

or miç; from H4549

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Maç occurs 23 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), Judges (4), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (6), 2 Chronicles (2), Esther (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M