Oppression
תֹּךְStrong’s H8496tokh
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tokh is the Hebrew word usually translated “oppression” and “from oppression”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.”
Meaning
- Injury, oppression, oppressor
- (TWOT) fraud, deceit, deceitful
How it's translated
- oppression 2
- and oppression 1
- from oppression 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 55:11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
- Psalms 72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
- Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Hebrew dictionary
תֹּךְ tokh · oppression
1) injury, oppression, oppressor 2) (TWOT) fraud, deceit, deceitful Also means: ta.khakh (תָּכָךְ "deceitful" H8501)
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.