עָשׁוּקʻâshûwq

oppression, extortion (Amos 3:9; Job 35:9; Ecclesiastes 4:1)

Pronunciation: aw-shook' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6217

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Job 35:9 “People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
  • Ecclesiastes 4:1 Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.
  • Amos 3:9 Announce this to the leaders of Philistia and to the great ones of Egypt: “Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria, and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).