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a.shuq H6217

עָשׁוּקִים (a.shuq) means “oppression” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עָשׁוּקִים Hebrew · H6217 4 tagged occurrences in 3 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-shook' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6217

עָשׁוּקִים · a.shuq · oppression

oppression, extortion

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or עָשֻׁק; passive participle of H6231 (עָשַׁק); used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny

KJV glosses: oppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.)

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How translators render H6217

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and the acts of oppression 1
of the oppressed 1
oppression 1
the oppression 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
all the oppressions 1
of oppressions 1
thereof and the oppressed 1

Verses containing H6217

Page 1 of 1. 3 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Job 35:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

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  2. Ecclesiastes 4:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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  3. Amos 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

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