ʼâlats — H509

Definition

verb

to press

1. (Piel) to urge

Usually translated as

urge

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• parenochléō (G3926)
• stenochōréō (G4729)

Occurrences

ʼâlats occurs 1 time in the King James.

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

• Judges 16:16 — And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged (וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ) him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;