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Lexicon :: Strong's H6231 - ʿāšaq

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עָשַׁק
Transliteration
ʿāšaq
Pronunciation
aw-shak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root (comp. עָשַׂק (H6229))
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1713

Strong’s Definitions

עָשַׁק ʻâshaq, aw-shak'; a primitive root (compare H6229); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow:—get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), (-or), do violence (wrong).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H6231 in the following manner: oppress (23x), oppressor (4x), defraud (3x), wrong (2x), deceived (1x), deceitfully gotten (1x), oppression (1x), drink up (1x), violence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H6231 in the following manner: oppress (23x), oppressor (4x), defraud (3x), wrong (2x), deceived (1x), deceitfully gotten (1x), oppression (1x), drink up (1x), violence (1x).

  1. to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort

    1. (Qal)

      1. to oppress, wrong, extort

      2. to oppress

    2. (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשַׁק ʻâshaq, aw-shak'; a primitive root (compare H6229); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow:—get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), (-or), do violence (wrong).
STRONGS H6231: Abbreviations
† עָשַׁק verb oppress, wrong, extort (Targum עֲשַׁק = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic עשק; Syriac bdb079807 accuse, slander; Assyrian adjective ešḳu, strong; Arabic bdb079808 roughness, injustice); —
Qal Perfect ע׳ Leviticus 5:21; Ezekiel 18:18; 2nd person masculine singular suffix עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ 1 Samuel 12:4, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַעַשׁקֻנִי Psalm 119:122; 2nd person masculine singular תַּעֲשֹׁק Leviticus 19:13 +, etc.; Infinitive construct עֲשֹׁק Hosea 12:8, suffix עָשְׁקָם 1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalm 105:14; Participle active עשֵׁק Proverbs 14:31 +, feminine plural הָעשְׁקוֺת Amos 4:1, etc.; passive עָשׁוּק Deuteronomy 28:29 +, etc.; —
1. oppress, wrong (often by extortion, || גָּזַל), with accusative of person 1 Samuel 12:3, 4; Micah 2:2; Leviticus 5:21; Leviticus 19:13; especially the poor and helpless Amos 4:1; Deuteronomy 24:14; Jeremiah 7:6; Ezekiel 22:29; Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 28:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; also with accusative of congnate meaning with verb עשֶׁק (וְ)גָזַל גָּזֵל ע׳ Ezekiel 18:18 practise extortion, Ezekiel 22:29, take by extortion Leviticus 5:23 and (with accusative of thing) Malachi 3:5; absolute Hosea 12:8 practise extortion; Job 10:3 deal tyrannically (of God); participle oppressor, extortioner Jeremiah 21:12; Psalm 72:4; Ecclesiastes 4:1; passive participle as substantive the oppressed Psalm 103:6; Psalm 146:7.
2. oppress a nation Isaiah 52:4, compare Psalm 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalm 119:122, participle act. oppressor Psalm 119:121, passive participle oppressed Jeremiah 50:33, in predict. וְגָזוּל ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:29, וְרָצּוּץ ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:23; Hosea 5:11.
3. dubious are: יַעְשֹׁק נָהָר Job 40:23 a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (that is, the hippopotamus; Du יָשֹׁק, from שׁוּק; > Gunk Bu יִשְׁקַע falls, sinks); עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 28:17 oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person.
Pu. Participle feminine הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָה Isaiah 23:12 crushed (of conquered Sidon under figure of woman).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:13; 19:13

Deuteronomy

24:14; 28:23; 28:29; 28:29

1 Samuel

12:3; 12:4; 12:4

1 Chronicles

16:21; 16:21

Job

10:3; 40:23

Psalms

72:4; 103:6; 105:14; 105:14; 119:121; 119:122; 119:122; 146:7

Proverbs

14:31; 14:31; 22:16; 28:3; 28:17

Ecclesiastes

4:1; 4:1

Isaiah

23:12; 52:4

Jeremiah

7:6; 21:12; 50:33

Ezekiel

18:18; 18:18; 22:29; 22:29

Hosea

5:11; 12:8; 12:8

Amos

4:1; 4:1

Micah

2:2

Zechariah

7:10

Malachi

3:5

H6231

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Strong's Number H6231 matches the Hebrew עָשַׁק (ʿāšaq),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - (LXX 5:21) The soul which shall have sinned, and wilfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbour in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbour,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - (LXX 5:23) it shall come to pass, whensoever he shall have sinned, and transgressed, that he shall restore the plunder which he has seized, or redress the injury which he has committed, or restore the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost article which he has found

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - A nation which thou knowest not shall eat the produce of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured and crushed always.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or whom have I been violent with? or from whose hand have I taken a [fn]bribe, even to a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said to Samuel, Thou hast not injured us, and thou hast not oppressed us; and thou hast not afflicted us, and thou hast not taken anything from any one's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He suffered not a man to oppress them, and he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trusts that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - (LXX 71:4) he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:6 - (LXX 102:6) The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - (LXX 104:14) He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:121

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:121 - (LXX 118:121) I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 - (LXX 118:122) Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - (LXX 145:7) who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and unprofitable rain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - And men shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Citians, neither there shalt thou have rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - (LXX 27:33) Thus saith the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 - (LXX 12:8) As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 - Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and [fn]afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
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