Strong H6217עָשׁוּקִים
oppression
- Transliteration
- ‛âshûq ‛âshûq
- Pronunciation
- {aw-shook'} aw-shook'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Passive participle of H6231; used in plural masculine as abstraction tyranny: - oppressed (-ion). [Doubtful.]
Detailed definition
oppression, extortion
In the Bible
Strong H6217 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- oppressed1
- oppression1
- oppressions1
First verses
- Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Amos 3:9Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.