ʻâshûwq — H6217
H6217 · Hebrew — עשוק
Pronunciation: aw-shook'
Other spellings: ʻâshuq עָשֻׁק
Definition
masculine noun
used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny
- oppression, extortion
Usually translated as
oppressed, oppression
Origin
or ʻâshuq; passive participle of H6231
Occurrences
ʻâshûwq occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Amos (1)
- Job 35:9 — By reason of the multitude of oppressions (עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים) they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions (הָעֲשֻׁקִ֗ים) 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.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed (הָ֣עֲשֻׁקִ֔ים), and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Amos 3:9 — Publish 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 (וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים) in the midst thereof.