Oppression
מַעֲשַׁקָּהStrong’s H4642maashaqqah (ma-a-shaq-qah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maashaqqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “extortion”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.”
Meaning
- Extortionate deed, extortion
How it's translated
- extortion 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
מַעֲשַׁקָּה maashaqqah · oppression
extortionate deed, extortion
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oppression” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OPPRES'SION, noun
- The act of oppressing; the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes or services; cruelty; severity.
- The state of being oppressed or overburdened; misery.“the Lord - saw the oppression of Israel” 2 Kings 13:4
- Hardship; calamity.
- Depression; dullness of spirits; lassitude of body.
All definitions
- A sense of heaviness or weight in the breast, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.