Oppressor
עָשׁוֹקStrong’s H6216ashoq (a-shoq)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Ashoq is the Hebrew word usually translated “oppressor”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.”
Meaning
- Oppressor, extortioner
How it's translated
- an oppressor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
עָשׁוֹק ashoq · oppressor
oppressor, extortioner
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oppressor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OPPRESS'OR, noun
One that oppresses; one that imposes unjust burdens on others; one that harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
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.