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עֶצֶר

e.tser

magistrate

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Strong’s H6114Noun, masculine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

oppression1

In the text

Judges 18:7עֶצֶר
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֶ֫צֶר n.[m.] restraint (?), only Ju 18:7

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.