עָשַׁק ashaq

Hebrew word for “to oppress” · Strong’s H6231 · used 36 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ashaq in context, with how often each is used:

• oppressed 8
• oppress 5
• have oppressed 3
• will oppress 2
• must oppress 2
• oppressor 2
• oppressors 2
• one who oppresses 2
• has oppressed 1
• have i oppressed 1
• violent 1
• those who are oppressed 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 6 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 1 Samuel 12 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Proverbs 28 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), Job 10 (1), Job 40 (1)

Forms

• עשׁק 6
• תעשׁק 3
• עשׁוק 3
• עשׁקו 3
• לעשׁקם 2
• עושׁק 2
• עשׁוקים 2
• תעשׁקו 2
• עשׁקתי 1
• עשׁקתנו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ashaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גָּזַל gazal “to plunder” 7
• רָצַץ ratsats “to crush” 5
• אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 5
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 7
• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 5
• דַּל dal “poor” 4
• גָּזֵל gazel “robbery” 3
• עָנִי ani “afflicted” 4
• עֹשֶׁק osheq “oppression” 3
• שָׂכִיר sakhir “hired” 3
• נוּחַ nuach “to rest” 4
• יָתוֹם yatom “orphan” 3

Key verses

The verses using ashaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom…
• Psalms 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
• Psalms 146:7 — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
• Proverbs 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• 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, and they had no comforter; and…
• Jeremiah 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Hosea 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
• Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and…
• Micah 2:2 — And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Zechariah 7:10 — And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.