עָשַׁק (a.shaq) means “to oppress” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-shak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָשַׁק · a.shaq · to oppress
1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to oppress, wrong, extort 1a2) to oppress 1b) (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed
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a primitive root (compare H6229 (עָשַׂק)); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
KJV glosses: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| oppress | 2 |
| oppress them | 2 |
| oppressed | 2 |
| against oppressors | 1 |
| and have exploited | 1 |
| are oppressed | 1 |
| burdened | 1 |
| cheated us | 1 |
| defraud | 1 |
| for the oppressed | 1 |
| have i cheated | 1 |
| have practiced | 1 |
| he practiced | 1 |
| if he extorts | 1 |
| is oppressed | 1 |
| longer oppress | 1 |
| o oppressed | 1 |
| of his oppressor | 1 |
| of their oppressors | 1 |
| oppress me | 1 |
| oppressed them | 1 |
| oppressing | 1 |
| rages | 1 |
| taken by extortion | 1 |
| the oppressed | 1 |
| the oppressor | 1 |
| they deprive | 1 |
| to defraud | 1 |
| to my oppressors | 1 |
| to oppress me | 1 |
| who oppresses | 1 |
| whoever oppresses | 1 |
| you women who oppress | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| oppressed | 5 |
| and thou shalt be only oppressed | 2 |
| he that oppresseth | 2 |
| to do them wrong | 2 |
| and against those that oppress | 1 |
| and oppress | 1 |
| behold he drinketh up | 1 |
| for all that are oppressed | 1 |
| for the oppressed | 1 |
| have used oppression | 1 |
| me not to mine oppressors | 1 |
| o thou oppressed | 1 |
| of the oppressor | 1 |
| of their oppressors | 1 |
| oppress | 1 |
| or hath deceived | 1 |
| or whom have i defrauded | 1 |
| so they oppress | 1 |
| that doeth violence | 1 |
| that oppresseth | 1 |
| the oppressor | 1 |
| thou hast not defrauded | 1 |
| thou shalt not defraud | 1 |
| thou shalt not oppress | 1 |
| to oppress | 1 |
| unto thee that thou shouldest oppress | 1 |
| which he hath deceitfully gotten | 1 |
| which oppress | 1 |
| ye oppress | 1 |
| yea they have oppressed | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 35 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.21
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.23
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Read word by wordDo not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Read word by wordand at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Read word by wordA people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
Read word by wordHere I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
Read word by word“You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”
Read word by wordHe let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
Read word by wordDoes it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
Read word by wordThough the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
Read word by wordMay he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Read word by wordThe LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Read word by wordHe let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
Read word by wordI have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Read word by wordEnsure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Read word by wordHe executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Read word by wordWhoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Read word by wordOppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Read word by wordA destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Read word by wordA man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Read word by wordAgain 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.
Read word by wordHe said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
Read word by wordFor this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
Read word by wordif you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
Read word by wordO house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
Read word by wordAs for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
Read word by wordThe people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Read word by wordEphraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Read word by wordA merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.8
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Read word by wordThey covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
Read word by wordDo not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Read word by word“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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