Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6233
עֹ֫שֶׁק
o.sheq · “oppression”
Used 15 times across 6 books
Definition
1) oppression, extortion, injury
1a) oppression
1b) extortion
1c) gain by extortion
1a) oppression
1b) extortion
1c) gain by extortion
Where it appears
Leviticus1
Psalms3
Ecclesiastes2
Isaiah3
Jeremiah2
Ezekiel4
In the text
Leviticus 5:23Psalms 62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.Psalms 73:8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.Psalms 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.Ecclesiastes 5:7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.Isaiah 30:12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:Isaiah 54:14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.Isaiah 59:13In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.Jeremiah 6:6For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
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