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מַס H4522
H4522 is the Hebrew word מַס, transliterated maç and said mas. The King James Version most often renders it tribute.
What it means
properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor.
Where it comes from
or מִס; from H4549 (מָסַס).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
Verses using מַס
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 1:11 · KJV
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Deuteronomy 20:11 · KJV
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Joshua 17:13 · KJV
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
Judges 1:28 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
2 Samuel 20:24 · KJV
And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
1 Kings 4:6 · KJV
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
1 Kings 5:13 · KJV
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 5:14 · KJV
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
1 Kings 9:15 · KJV
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kings 9:21 · KJV
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
1 Kings 12:18 · KJV
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 8:8 · KJV
But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
2 Chronicles 10:18 · KJV
Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
Esther 10:1 · KJV
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4522 mean?
H4522 is the Hebrew word מַס (maç), meaning properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor.
How is H4522 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it tribute (5 times), over the tribute (4 times), levy (3 times), over them taskmasters (1 time), therein shall be tributaries (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4522 appear in the Bible?
מַס (maç) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4522 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or מִס; from H4549 (מָסַס).
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