עָשַׁק (ʿāšaq) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning oppress. It appears
36 times
in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6231).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1713)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1713)oppress, wrong, extort; press upon, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, drink up, oppression
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָשַׁק: oppress, wrong, extort
Strong's H6231עָשַׁק: to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow KJV:get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
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.