Quick Definition
oppression
Strong's Definition
anguish
Derivation: feminine of H6233 (עֹשֶׁק);
KJV Usage: oppressed.
TWOT Reference: 1713b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) oppression, abuse, distress
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עׇשְׁקָה (osh.qah) — oppression. oppression, abuse, distress
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עשׁק
Grieve
troubled, in straits literally: suffering oppression, wrongdoing; hence: = process by which humans suffer hardship, ≈ possibly with the connotation that this hardship is suffered unjustly
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָשְׁקָה oppression, distress base
