Quick Definition
oppression
Strong's Definition
oppression
Derivation: from H5791 (עָוַת);
KJV Usage: wrong.
TWOT Reference: 1591a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) subversion, bending
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַוָּתָה (av.va.tah) — oppression. subversion, bending
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עות
Wrong
wrong (committed by one human to another) = action by which someone acts towards someone else in a morally or ethically unacceptable manner
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עַוָּתָה] n.f. subversion, i.e. deprivation of justice;—sf. La 3:59 ref