עָשׁוּקִים
a.shuq
“oppression”
Definition
used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny
or עָשֻׁק; passive participle of H6231 (עָשַׁק);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עָשׁוּקִים appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdodand to the citadels of Egypt:“Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;see the great unrest in the cityand the acts of oppression in her midst.”
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
Men cry out under great oppression;they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
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