- Original: רצץ - Transliteration: Ratsats - Phonetic: raw-tsats' - Definition: 1. to crush, oppress a. (Qal) 1. to crush, get crushed, be crushed 2. to crush, oppress (fig) 3. crushed (participle passive) b. (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken c. (Piel) 1. to crush in pieces 2. to grievously oppress (fig) d. (Poel) to oppress (fig) e. (Hiphil) to crush f. (Hithpoel) to crush each other - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2212 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to crack in pieces literally or figuratively: - break bruise crush discourage oppress struggle together. Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • break, 2 Psalm 74:14; Ezekiel 29:7 • broke, 1 Judges 9:53 • broken, 4 Ecclesiastes 12:6(2); Isaiah 36:6; Hosea 5:11 • bruised, 2 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 42:3 • crush, 1 Amos 4:1 • crushed, 1 Deuteronomy 28:33 • discouraged, 1 Isaiah 42:4 • oppressed, 6 Judges 10:8; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Job 20:19; Isaiah 58:6 • together, 1 Genesis 25:22