עֹשֶׁק
ʻôsheq · H6233 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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extortion, abuse
Action by which humans use their position of power or devious means to appropriate for themselves something that rightfully belongs to someone else
ExamplesLeviticus 6:4 then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall restore what he took by robbery or acquired by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost property which he found,
Psalm 62:10 Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly rely on robbery; If wealth increases, do not set your heart on it.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.
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oppression, wrongdoing
Literally: extortion, abuse; hence: action by which humans mistreat other humans in ways that are not elaborated
ExamplesPsalm 73:8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
Psalm 119:134 Redeem me from oppression by man, So that I may keep Your precepts.
Isaiah 30:12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1
- רוּשׁpoor 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשַׁקto practice extortion 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָלַלto praise 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- דָבַרto speak, to say 2
- עָשַׁקto practice extortion 2
- רָאָהto see 1
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with 8
- מִןfrom 4
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀδικία adikía · G93 · unjust deed, unrighteousness, doing what is unjust
- Greek ἀδικία emphasizes the abstract quality of injustice or wrongfulness with broad moral-legal scope, while Hebrew עֹשֶׁק denotes the concrete act of oppression or extortion with economic exploitation as its primary semantic center.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Possess002003002019
- עֹשֶׁק describes a thing deceitfully gotten, wealth unlawfully taken from another, as in the case of extortion addressed in Leviticus 5:23.
- Unsafe002003003022
- The word denotes oppression more broadly, as in the psalmist's complaints of oppression by the wicked in Psalm 62:11, 73:8, and 119:134, and Ecclesiastes' observation of oppression in the land.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6233. osheq ע֫שֶׁק noun masculineEcc 7:7 oppression, extortion; — ׳ע absolute Jer 6:6 +,…
ע֫שֶׁק noun masculineEcc 7:7 oppression, extortion; — ׳ע absolute Jer 6:6 +, construct Psa 119:134; Ecc 5:7; —
1 Jer 6:6; Jer 22:17; Eze 22:7, Eze 22:12; Psa 73:8; with Genitive subject Psa 119:134, object Ecc 5:7; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with עָשַׁק (q. v.) Eze 18:18; Eze 22:29.
2 national oppression, Isa 54:14.
3 concrete, gain of extortion. Psa 62:11, so perhaps Ecc 7:7; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Leviticus 5:23 (|| גָּזֵל). — Isa 30:12; Isa 59:13 read עִקֵּשׁ Lag Gr and others
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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