Strong's H6231

עָשַׁק

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H6229 (עָשַׂק));

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, עָשַׁק is translated as: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong)..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.