עֹשֶׁק
ʿōšeq
oppression
Strong's H6233NounHebrewTWOT 1713a

עֹשֶׁק (ʿōšeq) is a Hebrew noun meaning oppression. It appears 15 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6233).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1713a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1713a)oppression, extortion; injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain; cruelly, thing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֹ֫שֶׁק: oppression, extortion

Strong's H6233 עֹשֶׁק: injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
KJV:cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).

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

Psalms 73:8Ecclesiastes 7:7Isaiah 30:12

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