עָשׁוּקִים
a.shuqoppressionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4 occurrences3 books3 verses
Definition
or עָשֻׁק; passive participle of H6231; used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny
Traditional renderings: oppressed(-ion). [Doubtful.]
Traditional renderings: oppressed(-ion). [Doubtful.]
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Job 35:9עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים · oppressionMen cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1הָ֣עֲשֻׁקִ֔ים · the oppression; הָעֲשֻׁקִ֗ים · of the oppressedAgain 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.
- Amos 3:9וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים · and the acts of oppressionProclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”