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Oppression

עׇשְׁקָהStrong’s H6234

oshqah (osh-qah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Oshqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “oppression”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.”
Isaiah 38:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. Oppression, abuse, distress
How it's translated
  • oppression 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    עׇשְׁקָה oshqah · oppression

    oppression, abuse, distress

    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

    1. The act of oppressing; the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes or services; cruelty; severity.
    2. The state of being oppressed or overburdened; misery.“the Lord - saw the oppression of Israel” 2 Kings 13:4
    3. Hardship; calamity.
    4. Depression; dullness of spirits; lassitude of body.
    All definitions
    1. 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.