מַעֲשַׁקָּה
maʻăshaqqâh · H4642 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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acts of oppression
Action by which humans mistreat other humans
ExamplesProverbs 28:16 A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But a person who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Isaiah 33:15 One who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, One who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking at evil;
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֶּצַעprofit 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- לַחַץ lachats · H3906 · oppression, affliction
- Hebrew noun denoting oppression or affliction, semantically very close to מַעֲשַׁקָּה but from a different root (לחץ rather than עשק)
Contrasting words 1 word
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ · H4941 · case, cause, judgement
- Justice/righteousness in judgment stands as the lexical opposite of oppression; where מַעֲשַׁקָּה denotes unjust exploitation, מִשְׁפָּט denotes righteous judgment and fair treatment
In the other Testament 1 word
- καταδυναστεύω katadynasteúō · G2616 · to cause severe hardship, to oppress, to overwhelm
- Greek verb meaning to oppress or exploit; though verbal, it captures the same oppressive action that מַעֲשַׁקָּה denotes nominally
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- מַעֲשַׁקָּה denotes oppression, a condition of danger and harm inflicted on the oppressed.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4642. maashaqqah [מַעֲשַׁקָּה] noun feminine extortionate act; — plural absolute…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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