עָשׁוּקִים
ʿāšûqîm
oppression
Strong's H6217NounHebrewTWOT 1713d

עָשׁוּקִים (ʿāšûqîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning oppression. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6217).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1713d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1713d)oppression, extortion; tyranny
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָשׁוּקִים noun, plural, abstract: oppression, extortion

Strong's H6217 עָשׁוּק: used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny
KJV:oppressed(-ion). [Doubtful.]

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1713: עָשַׁק ʿāšaq — oppress, wrong, extort; press upon, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, drink up, oppression

See it in Scripture

Job 35:9Amos 3:9

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