Lexical Summary osheq: oppression, extortion Original Word: עשֶׁקTransliteration: osheq Phonetic Spelling: (o'-shek) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: oppression, extortion Meaning: injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain Strong's Concordance cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing deceitfully gotten From ashaq; injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain -- cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten). see HEBREW ashaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H6233. osheq ע֫שֶׁק noun masculineEcclesiastes 7:7 oppression, extortion; — ׳ע absolute Jeremiah 6:6 +, construct Psalm 119:134; Ecclesiastes 5:7; — 1 Jeremiah 6:6; 22:17; Ezekiel 22:7, 12; Psalm 73:8; with Genitive subject 119:134, object Ecclesiastes 5:7; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with עָשַׁק (q. v.) Ezekiel 18:18; 22:29. 2 national oppression, Isaiah 54:14. 3 concrete, gain of extortion. Psalm 62:11, so perhaps Ecclesiastes 7:7; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Leviticus 5:23 ("" גָּזֵל). — Isaiah 30:12; 59:13 read עִקֵּשׁ Lag Gr and others |
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