Exodus 1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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Taskmasters
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Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
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נָגַשׂ
nâgas · naw-gas'
5 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Strong's KJV usage: distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), × raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
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Strong's first: Exodus 3:7Strong's last: Exodus 5:14
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maç · mas
1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor
Strong's KJV usage: discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 1:11Strong's last: Exodus 1:11
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Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
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And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
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And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
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taskmaster
T'ASKMASTER, noun [task and master.] One who imposes a task, or burdens with labor. Sinful propensities and appetites are men's most unrelenting taskmasters. They condemn us to unceasing drudgery, and reward us with pain, remorse and poverty. Next to our sinful propensities, fashion is the most oppressive taskmaster
1. One whose office is to assign tasks to others. Exodus 1:3.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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