Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6072 |
|---|---|
| Word: | עָסַס |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | acac |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | `acac (aw-sas') v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to squeeze out juice 2. (figuratively) to trample |
| KJV Renderings: | tread down. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
[עָסַס] verb press, crush, by treading, tread down (Late Hebrew עֲסִיסִיה crushed wheat; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3978] go the rounds, [tramp], prowl; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3979] explore, see Brock); —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
