מַס

Strong’s Definition

properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor

Etymology & Derivation

or מִס; from H4549 (מָסַס);

KJV Usage

discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.gang or body of forced laborers, task-workers, labor band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited
• 2.labor-band, labor-gang, slave gang
• 3.gang-overseers
• 4.forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: maç; Pronunciation: mas