Quick Definition
to oppress
Strong's Definition
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H6229 (עָשַׂק));
KJV Usage: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
TWOT Reference: 1713
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָשַׁק (a.shaq) — to oppress. 1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to oppress, wrong, extort 1a2) to oppress 1b) (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעֲשַׁקֹּות · עֹשֶׁק · עָשְׁקָה · עָשֹׁוק · עֲשׁוּקִים
Possess | verb qal | ≈ גזל
to practice extortion, to defraud, to abuse = action by which humans use their position of power or devious means to appropriate for themselves something that rightfully belongs to someone else
LEV 5:21 · LEV 5:23 · LEV 19:13 · DEU 24:14 · DEU 28:29 · DEU 28:33 · 1SA 12:3 · 1SA 12:4 · PSA 72:4 · PSA 103:6 · PSA 146:7 · PRO 14:31 · PRO 22:16 · PRO 28:3 · ECC 4:1 · ECC 4:1 · JER 7:6 · JER 21:12 · EZK 18:18 · EZK 22:29 · EZK 22:29 · HOS 12:8 · AMO 4:1 · MIC 2:2 · ZEC 7:10 · MAL 3:5
Unsafe | verb qal, verb pu'al
to oppress, to wrong literally: to defraud, abuse; hence: = action by which humans mistreat other humans in ways that are not elaborated
1CH 16:21 · JOB 10:3 · PSA 105:14 · PSA 119:121 · PSA 119:122 · ISA 23:12 · ISA 52:4 · JER 50:33 · HOS 5:11
Bear | Grieve | verb qal
to be burdened, to be tormented literally: to be oppressed, wronged (by a certain situation); hence: = state in which humans feel responsible for their actions to the extent that they experience anxiety and distress
Flow | verb qal
to rush, to rage, to be turbulent exact meaning unsure; literally: to oppress; hence, possibly: = state in which a body of water flows fast and with power
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָשַׁק oppress, wrong, extort base