ʻôsheq — H6233

Definition

masculine noun

injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain

1. oppression, extortion, injury
1. oppression
2. extortion
3. gain by extortion

Usually translated as

oppression, extortion, thing, cruelly

Origin

from H6231

• Derived from ʻâshaq (H6231)

Greek equivalents

• adíkēma (G92)
• adikía (G93)
• ádikos (G94)
• thlîpsis (G2347)

Occurrences

ʻôsheq occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Psalms (3), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (4)

• Leviticus 6:4 — Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing (הָעֹ֙שֶׁק֙) which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
• Psalms 62:10 — Trust not in oppression (בְעֹשֶׁק֮), and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
• Psalms 73:8 — They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression (עֹ֑שֶׁק): they speak loftily.
• Psalms 119:134 — Deliver me from the oppression (מֵעֹ֣שֶׁק) of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression (עֹ֣שֶׁק) of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
• Ecclesiastes 7:7 — Surely oppression (הָעֹ֖שֶׁק) maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
• Isaiah 30:12 — Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression (בְּעֹ֣שֶׁק) and perverseness, and stay thereon:
• Isaiah 54:14 — In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression (מֵעֹ֙שֶׁק֙); for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
• Isaiah 59:13 — In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression (עֹ֣שֶׁק) and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
• Jeremiah 6:6 — For 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 (עֹ֥שֶׁק) in the midst of her.
• Jeremiah 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression (הָעֹ֥שֶׁק), and for violence, to do it.
• Ezekiel 18:18 — As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed (עֹ֗שֶׁק), spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
• Ezekiel 22:7 — In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression (בַעֹ֖שֶׁק) with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
• Ezekiel 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion (בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק), and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression (עֹ֔שֶׁק), and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.