King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6217
Transliteration: ashuqim
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shook')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: oppression, extortion
Meaning: oppression, extortion
Word Summary
ashuqim: oppression, extortion
Original Word: עָשׁוּקTransliteration: ashuqim
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shook')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: oppression, extortion
Meaning: oppression, extortion
Strong's Concordance
oppressedion Or mashuq {aw-shook'}; passive participle of ashaq; used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny -- oppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.)
see HEBREW ashaq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6217. ashuqim
עֲשׁוּקִים noun plural abstract oppression, extortion; — ׳ע Amos 3:9; Job 35:9, עֲשֻׁקִים Ecclesiastes 4:1.