hebrew #6231 - עָשַׁק ashaq (to oppress)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root (compare asaq); to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow -- get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress((-ion)), -or), do violence (wrong).

see HEBREW asaq

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

QalPerfect׳עLeviticus 5:21; Ezekiel 18:18; 2masculine singular suffix עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ1 Samuel 12:4, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַעַשׁקֻנִיPsalm 119:122; 2masculine singular תַּעֲשֹׁקLeviticus 19:13 +, etc.; Infinitive constructעֲשֹׁקHosea 12:8, suffix עָשְׁקָם1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalm 105:14; Participle activeעשֵׁקProverbs 14:31 +, feminine plural הָעשְׁקוֺתAmos 4:1, etc.; passiveעָשׁוּקDeuteronomy 28:29 +, etc.; —

1oppress, 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׳עEzekiel 18:18practise extortion, Ezekiel 22:29, take by extortionLeviticus 5:23 and (with accusative of thing) Malachi 3:5; absolute Hosea 12:8practise extortion; Job 10:3deal tyrannically (of God); participle oppressor, extortionerJeremiah 21:12; Psalm 72:4; Ecclesiastes 4:1; passive participle as substantive the oppressedPsalm 103:6; Psalm 146:7.

2oppress a nation Isaiah 52:4, compare Psalm 105:14=1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalm 119:122, participle act. oppressorPsalm 119:121, passive participle oppressedJeremiah 50:33, in predict. וְגָזוּל׳עDeuteronomy 28:29, וְרָצּוּץ׳עDeuteronomy 28:23; Hosea 5:11.

3 dubious are: יַעְשֹׁק נָהָרJob 40:23a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (that is, the hippopotamus; Du יָשֹׁק, from שׁוּק; > Gunk Bu יִשְׁקַעfalls, sinks); עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁProverbs 28:17oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person.

Pu`alParticiple feminine הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָהIsaiah 23:12crushed (of conquered Sidon under figure of woman).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6231. עָשַׁק (ashaq) — 35 Occurrences

Leviticus 6:2
HEB:בְגָזֵ֔ל א֖וֹ עָשַׁ֥ק אֶת־ עֲמִיתֽוֹ׃
NAS: or [if] he has extorted from his companion,
KJV: or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
INT: robbery or has extorted his companion

Leviticus 6:4
HEB:הָעֹ֙שֶׁק֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׁ֔ק א֚וֹ אֶת־
NAS: or what he got by extortion, or
KJV: or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered
INT: extortion what got or the deposit

Leviticus 19:13
HEB: לֹֽא־ תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אֶת־ רֵֽעֲךָ֖
NAS:You shall not oppress your neighbor,
KJV:Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour,
INT: nor oppress your neighbor nor

Deuteronomy 24:14
HEB: לֹא־ תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק שָׂכִ֖יר עָנִ֣י
NAS:You shall not oppress a hired servant
KJV:Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant
INT: shall not oppress A hired poor

Deuteronomy 28:29
HEB:וְהָיִ֜יתָ אַ֣ךְ עָשׁ֧וּק וְגָז֛וּל כָּל־
NAS: but you shall only be oppressed and robbed
KJV: in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled
INT: become shall only be oppressed and robbed all manner

Deuteronomy 28:33
HEB:וְהָיִ֗יתָ רַ֛ק עָשׁ֥וּק וְרָצ֖וּץ כָּל־
NAS: and you will never be anything but oppressed and crushed
KJV: not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed
INT: become but oppressed and crushed and all

1 Samuel 12:3
HEB:וְאֶת־ מִ֤י עָשַׁ֙קְתִּי֙ אֶת־ מִ֣י
NAS: or whom have I defrauded? Whom
KJV: have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed?
INT: taken whom defrauded whose oppressed

1 Samuel 12:4
HEB:וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א עֲשַׁקְתָּ֖נוּ וְלֹ֣א רַצּוֹתָ֑נוּ
NAS: They said, You have not defrauded us or oppressed
KJV: And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed
INT: said have not defrauded or oppressed

1 Chronicles 16:21
HEB:הִנִּ֤יחַ לְאִישׁ֙ לְעָשְׁקָ֔ם וַיּ֥וֹכַח עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: man to oppress them, And He reproved
KJV: no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved
INT: suffered man to oppress reproved their sakes

Job 10:3
HEB:לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־ תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־ תִ֭מְאַס
NAS: for You indeed to oppress, To reject
KJV: [Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise
INT: right indeed to oppress indeed to reject

Job 40:23
HEB: הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א
NAS: a river rages, he is not alarmed;
KJV:Behold, he drinketh up a river,
INT: If rages A river is not

Psalm 72:4
HEB:אֶבְי֑וֹן וִֽידַכֵּ֣א עוֹשֵֽׁק׃
NAS: of the needy And crush the oppressor.
KJV: and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
INT: of the needy and crush the oppressor

Psalm 103:6
HEB:וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטִ֗ים לְכָל־ עֲשׁוּקִֽים׃
NAS: for all who are oppressed.
KJV: and judgment for all that are oppressed.
INT: and judgments for all are oppressed

Psalm 105:14
HEB:הִנִּ֣יחַ אָדָ֣ם לְעָשְׁקָ֑ם וַיּ֖וֹכַח עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם
NAS: man to oppress them, And He reproved
KJV: no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved
INT: suffered man to oppress reproved their sakes

Psalm 119:121
HEB:בַּל־ תַּ֝נִּיחֵ֗נִי לְעֹֽשְׁקָֽי׃
NAS: Do not leave me to my oppressors.
KJV: leave me not to mine oppressors.
INT: lest leave to my oppressors

Psalm 119:122
HEB:לְט֑וֹב אַֽל־ יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃
NAS: Do not let the arrogant oppress me.
KJV: let not the proud oppress me.
INT: good nay oppress the arrogant

Psalm 146:7
HEB:עֹשֶׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּ֨ט ׀ לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗ים נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם
NAS: justice for the oppressed; Who gives
KJV: judgment for the oppressed: which giveth
INT: executes justice the oppressed gives food

Proverbs 14:31
HEB: עֹ֣שֵֽׁק־ דָּ֭ל חֵרֵ֣ף
NAS:He who oppresses the poor taunts
KJV:He that oppresseth the poor
INT:oppresses the poor taunts

Proverbs 22:16
HEB: עֹ֣שֵֽׁק דָּ֭ל לְהַרְבּ֣וֹת
NAS:He who oppresses the poor to make more
KJV:He that oppresseth the poor
INT:oppresses the poor to make

Proverbs 28:3
HEB:גֶּ֣בֶר רָ֭שׁ וְעֹשֵׁ֣ק דַּלִּ֑ים מָטָ֥ר
NAS: man who oppresses the lowly
KJV: man that oppresseth the poor
INT: man A poor oppresses the lowly rain

Proverbs 28:17
HEB: אָ֭דָם עָשֻׁ֣ק בְּדַם־ נָ֑פֶשׁ
NAS: A man who is laden with the guilt of human
KJV: A man that doeth violence to the blood
INT: A man is laden blood of human

Ecclesiastes 4:1
HEB:מְנַחֵ֔ם וּמִיַּ֤ד עֹֽשְׁקֵיהֶם֙ כֹּ֔חַ וְאֵ֥ין
NAS: [I saw] the tears of the oppressed and [that] they had
KJV: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter;
INT: to comfort the side of the oppressed was power no

Isaiah 23:12
HEB:ע֖וֹד לַעְל֑וֹז הַֽמְעֻשָּׁקָ֞ה בְּתוּלַ֣ת בַּת־
NAS: no more, O crushed virgin daughter
KJV: rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,
INT: You shall exult crushed virgin daughter

Isaiah 52:4
HEB:וְאַשּׁ֖וּר בְּאֶ֥פֶס עֲשָׁקֽוֹ׃
NAS: then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
KJV: there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
INT: the Assyrian without oppressed

Jeremiah 7:6
HEB:וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַֽעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י
NAS:[if] you do not oppress the alien,
KJV:[If] ye oppress not the stranger,
INT: the widow nor oppress blood innocent

Jeremiah 21:12
HEB:גָז֖וּל מִיַּ֣ד עוֹשֵׁ֑ק פֶּן־ תֵּצֵ֨א
NAS: from the power of [his] oppressor, That My wrath
KJV: out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury
INT: has been robbed the power of oppressor may not go

Jeremiah 50:33
HEB:יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עֲשׁוּקִ֛ים בְּנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל
NAS: of Israel are oppressed, And the sons
KJV: of Judah [were] oppressed together:
INT: the LORD of hosts are oppressed the sons of Israel

Ezekiel 18:18
HEB:אָבִ֞יו כִּֽי־ עָ֣שַׁק עֹ֗שֶׁק גָּזַל֙
NAS: because he practiced extortion,
KJV: because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled
INT: his father because practiced extortion robbed

Ezekiel 22:29
HEB:עַ֤ם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ עָ֣שְׁקוּ עֹ֔שֶׁק וְגָזְל֖וּ
NAS: of the land have practiced oppression
KJV: of the land have used oppression, and exercised
INT: the people of the land have practiced oppression and committed

Ezekiel 22:29
HEB:וְאֶת־ הַגֵּ֥ר עָשְׁק֖וּ בְּלֹ֥א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
NAS: and needy and have oppressed the sojourner
KJV: and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger
INT: have wronged the sojourner oppressed without justice

Hosea 12:7
HEB:מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃
NAS: balances, He loves to oppress.
KJV: he loveth to oppress.
INT: balances are false to oppress loves

Amos 4:1
HEB:בְּהַ֣ר שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן הָעֹשְׁק֣וֹת דַּלִּ֔ים הָרֹצְצ֖וֹת
NAS: of Samaria, Who oppress the poor,
KJV: of Samaria, which oppress the poor,
INT: the mountain of Samaria oppress the poor crush

Micah 2:2
HEB:וּבָתִּ֖ים וְנָשָׂ֑אוּ וְעָֽשְׁקוּ֙ גֶּ֣בֶר וּבֵית֔וֹ
NAS: and take [them] away. They rob a man
KJV: and take [them] away: so they oppress a man
INT: and houses and take rob A man and his house

Zechariah 7:10
HEB:וְעָנִ֖י אַֽל־ תַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּ וְרָעַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ
NAS:and do not oppress the widow
KJV:And oppress not the widow,
INT: the poor not oppress evil one

Malachi 3:5
HEB:וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר־ שָׂ֠כִיר
NAS: falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner
KJV: swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling
INT: swear falsely oppress his wages the wage