King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6233
Transliteration: osheq
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-shek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: oppression, extortion
Meaning: injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain
Word Summary
osheq: oppression, extortion
Original Word: עשֶׁקTransliteration: osheq
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-shek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: oppression, extortion
Meaning: injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain
Strong's Concordance
cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing deceitfully gotten From ashaq; injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain -- cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).
see HEBREW ashaq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6233. osheq
ע֫שֶׁק noun masculineEcclesiastes 7:7 oppression, extortion; — ׳ע absolute Jeremiah 6:6 +, construct Psalm 119:134; Ecclesiastes 5:7; —
1 Jeremiah 6:6; 22:17; Ezekiel 22:7, 12; Psalm 73:8; with Genitive subject 119:134, object Ecclesiastes 5:7; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with עָשַׁק (q. v.) Ezekiel 18:18; 22:29.
2 national oppression, Isaiah 54:14.
3 concrete, gain of extortion. Psalm 62:11, so perhaps Ecclesiastes 7:7; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Leviticus 5:23 ("" גָּזֵל). — Isaiah 30:12; 59:13 read עִקֵּשׁ Lag Gr and others