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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “If a person sins and acts unfaithfully against Yahweh and deals falsely with his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him or through robbery, or if he has extorted H6231 from his companion,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall return what he took by robbery or what he got H6231 by extortion, or the deposit which was [fn]entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 -

‘You shall not oppress H6231 your neighbor nor rob him. The wages of a hired man shall not remain with you overnight until morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 -

“You shall not oppress H6231 a hired person who is afflicted and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your sojourners who is in your land within your gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not succeed in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed H6231 and robbed all your days, with none to save you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - “A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed H6231 and crushed all your days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded H6231? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said, “You have not extorted H6231 us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 -

He permitted no man to oppress H6231 them,

And He reproved kings for their sakes,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 -

‘Is it good to You that You oppress H6231,

That You reject the labor of Your hands,

And [fn]cause the counsel of the wicked to shine forth?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 -

“If a river oppresses H6231, it is not alarmed;

It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 -

[fn]May he give justice to the [fn]afflicted of the people,

Save the children of the needy,

And crush the oppressor H6231.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:6 -

Yahweh performs righteous deeds

And judgments for all who are oppressed H6231.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 -

He permitted no man to oppress H6231 them,

And He reproved kings for their sakes:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:121 -

Ayin

I have done justice and righteousness;

Do not leave me to my oppressors H6231.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 -

Be for Your slave a guarantee for good;

Do not let the arrogant oppress H6231 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 -

Who does justice for the oppressed H6231;

Who gives food to the hungry.

Yahweh sets the prisoners free.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 -

He who oppresses H6231 the poor reproaches his Maker,

But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 -

He who oppresses H6231 the poor to make [fn]more for himself

Or who gives to the rich will only come to lack.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 -

A poor man who oppresses H6231 the lowly

Is a driving rain [fn]which leaves no food.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 -

A man oppressed H6231 with the bloodguilt of life

Will flee until [fn]death; let no one uphold him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed H6231 and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors H6231 was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 -

So He said, “You shall exult no more, O crushed H6231 virgin daughter of Sidon.

Arise, pass over to [fn]Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus says Lord Yahweh, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there; then the Assyrian oppressed H6231 them without cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress H6231 the sojourner, the [fn]orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus says Yahweh:

“Render justice [fn]every morning;

And deliver the person who has been robbed from the [fn]power of his oppressor H6231,

Lest My wrath go forth like fire

And burn with none to extinguish it,

Because of the evil of their deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 -

Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“The sons of Israel are oppressed H6231,

And the sons of Judah as well;

And all who took them captive have held them fast;

They have refused to let them go.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father, because he practiced H6231 extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - “The people of the land have practiced H6231 oppression and committed robbery, and they have mistreated the afflicted and needy and have oppressed H6231 the sojourner without justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 -

Ephraim is oppressed H6231, crushed in judgment,

Because he was determined to [fn]walk after man’s command.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 -

A [fn]merchant, in whose hands are deceptive balances,

He loves to oppress H6231.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:1 -

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,

Who oppress H6231 the poor, who crush the needy,

Who say to their [fn]husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 -

And they covet fields and then tear them away,

And houses, and take them away.

And they oppress H6231 a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and do not oppress H6231 the widow or the [fn]orphan, the sojourner or the afflicted; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 -

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely and against those who oppress H6231 the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the [fn]orphan, and those who turn aside the sojourner and do not [fn]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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