4522 - mas or mis

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מַס
Transliteration: mas or mis
Definition (short): labor
Definition (full): body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom
NASB Translation: forced (2), forced labor (13), forced laborer (1), forced laborers (5), laborers* (2), men subject to forced labor (1), taskmasters* (1), tribute (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or mic {mees}; from macac; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. A tax in the form of forced labor -- discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).

see HEBREW macac

References

Strong's 4522: 23 Occurrences
KJV: And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
NASB: "When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.
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.
NASB: "If it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
KJV: And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
NASB: But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.
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.
NASB: It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.
KJV: And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
NASB: It came about when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.