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title: עָשׁוֹק — oppressor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשׁוֹק (6216), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: oppressor. BDB 1906: oppressor, extortioner. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשׁוֹק

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«עָשׁוֹק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **oppressor** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6216 · **BDB:** עָשׁוֹק

### Glosses

of.an.oppressor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oppressor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6216/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

oppressor, extortioner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6216/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] oppressor, extortioner;—Je 22:3 (= עֹשֵׁק 21:12).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשׁוֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6216/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.22.3/)

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כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עֲשׂ֤וּ מִשְׁפָּט֙ וּצְדָקָ֔ה וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ גָז֖וּל מִיַּ֣ד עָשׁ֑וֹק וְגֵר֩ יָת֨וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֤ה אַל־תֹּנוּ֙ אַל־תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh do justice and righteousness and deliver \[one.who.has.been\].robbed from.\[the\] hand of.an.oppressor and sojourner fatherless and widow do.not maltreat do.not treat.violently and blood innocent do.not shed in the place (the) this

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence, to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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