H6217 עָשׁוּק (ʻâshûwq) aw-shook'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

oppression

Strong's Definition

used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny

Derivation: or עָשֻׁק; passive participle of H6231 (עָשַׁק);

KJV Usage: oppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.)

TWOT Reference: 1713d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) oppression, extortion

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָשׁוּקִים (a.shuq) — oppression. oppression, extortion

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֲשׁוּקִים (H6217)

noun m · עשׁק

Unsafe

oppression, wrongdoing literally: to defraud, abuse; hence: = action by which humans mistreat other humans in ways that are not elaborated

JOB 35:9 · ECC 4:1 · AMO 3:9

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָשׁוּקִים n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion base

Bible Occurrences (3)

35:9

4:1

3:9

Job 35:9

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again [I looked], and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. [I] saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power [lay] in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Amos 3:9

Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt...: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.