H6217 - עָשׁוּק (ʻâshûwq)

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

oppression, extortion

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָשֻׁק / עָשׁוּק ‛âshûq BDB Definition: 1) oppression, extortion Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: passive participle of H6231 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1713d Total KJV Occurrences: 3

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.