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Lexicon :: Strong's H6217 - ʿăšûqîm

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עֲשׁוּקִים
Transliteration
ʿăšûqîm
Pronunciation
aw-shook'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Passive participle of עָשַׁק (H6231)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1713d

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עשק (Strongs) עשוקים (Gesenius) עשוק (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עָשׁוּק ʻâshûwq, aw-shook'; or עָשֻׁק ʻâshuq; passive participle of H6231; used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny:—oppressed(-ion). [Doubtful.]

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H6217 in the following manner: oppression (2x), oppressed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H6217 in the following manner: oppression (2x), oppressed (1x).

  1. oppression, extortion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשׁוּק ʻâshûwq, aw-shook'; or עָשֻׁק ʻâshuq; passive participle of H6231; used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny:—oppressed(-ion). [Doubtful.]
STRONGS H6217: Abbreviations
† עֲשׁוּקִים noun plural abstract oppression, extortion; — ע׳ Amos 3:9; Job 35:9, עֲשֻׁקִים Ecclesiastes 4:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

35:9

Ecclesiastes

4:1

Amos

3:9

H6217

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6217 matches the Hebrew עֲשׁוּקִים (ʿăšûqîm),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 - “People cry out when they are oppressed.
They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:9 - Announce this to the leaders of Philistia[fn]
and to the great ones of Egypt:
“Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria,
and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel.”
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