Strong's Lexicon

H6233

H6233 — עוֹשֶׁק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewosheqnoun mascOccurrences: 15TWOT: 1713a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6233
Word:עוֹשֶׁק
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H6231
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:osheq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`osheq (o'-shek) n-m.
Meaning:1. injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
KJV Renderings:cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6456

ע֫שֶׁק noun masculine Eccl 7:7 oppression, extortion; — ׳ ע absolute Jer 6:6 +, construct Ps 119:134; Eccl 5:7

1. Jer 6:6; Jer 22:17; Ezek 22:7; Ezek 22:12; Ps 73:8 with genitive subject Ps 119:134, object Eccl 5:7 as accusative of cognate meaning with verb with עָשַׁק (q. v.) Ezek 18:18; Ezek 22:29.
2. national oppression, Isa 54:14.
3. concrete, gain of extortion. Ps 62:11, so perhaps Eccl 7:7 as accusative of cognate meaning with verb Lev 5:23 (|| גָּזֵל). — Isa 30:12; Isa 59:13 read עִקֵּשׁ Lag Gr and others


BDB6459

עָשׁוֺק noun [masculine] oppressor, extortioner; — Jer 22:3 (= עשֵׁק Jer 21:12).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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