Oppression
עֹ֫שֶׁקStrong’s H6233osheq (o-sheq)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Osheq is the Hebrew word usually translated “oppression”, “extortion” and “from oppression of”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,”
Meaning
- Oppression, extortion, injuryoppression · extortion · gain by extortion
How it's translated
- oppression 6
- the oppression 1
- in extortion 1
- from oppression of 1
- oppression of 1
- in oppression 1
- from oppression 1
- extortion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Psalms 3
- Isaiah 3
- Ecclesiastes 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Leviticus 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Psalms 73:8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
- Psalms 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression 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 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- Isaiah 30:12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Hebrew dictionary
עֹ֫שֶׁק osheq · oppression
1) oppression, extortion, injury 1a) oppression 1b) extortion 1c) gain by 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.