--- title: עָשַׁק — oppress · The Tanakh dictionary description: עָשַׁק (6231), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: oppress. BDB 1906: vb. oppress, wrong, extort. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6231.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-6.md)‎ / עָשַׁק‎ # עָשַׁק «עָשַׁק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **oppress** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 37 times · **Key:** 6231 · **BDB:** עָשַׁק ### Glosses oppress (4); oppressed (4); \[one.who\].oppresses (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) oppress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6231/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. oppress, wrong, extort [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6231/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. oppress, wrong, extort (𝔗 עֲשַׁק = BH, so Old Aramaic עשק; Syriac ܥܫܰܩ accuse, slander; Assyrian adj. ešḳu, strong; Arabic عَسَقٌ roughness, injustice);— Pf. ע׳ Lv 5:21; Ez 18:18; 2 ms. sf. עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ 1 S 12:4, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַעַשְׁקֻנִי ψ 119:122; 2 ms. תַּעֲשֹׁק Lv 19:13 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. עֲשֹׁק Ho 12:8, sf. עָשְׁקָם 1 Ch 16:21 ψ 105:14; Pt. act. עֹשֵׁק Pr 14:31 +, fpl. הָעשְׁקוֹת Am 4:1, etc.; pass. עָשׁוּק Dt 28:29 +, etc.;— oppress, wrong (often by extortion, ‖ גָּזַל), c. acc. pers. 1 S 12:3, 4 Mi 2:2 Lv 5:21; 19:13; especially the poor and helpless Am 4:1 Dt 24:14 Je 7:6 Ez 22:29 Zc 7:10 Pr 14:31; 22:16; 28:3 Ec 4:1; also c. acc. cogn. ע׳ עשֶׁק (וְ)גָזַל גָּזֵל Ez 18:18 practise extortion, 22:29, take by extortion Lv 5:23 and (c. acc. rei) Mal 3:5; abs. Ho 12:8 practise extortion; Jb 10:3 deal tyrannically (of God); pt. oppressor, extortioner Je 21:12 ψ 72:4 Ec 4:1; pt. pass. as subst. the oppressed ψ 103:6; 146:7. oppress a nation Is 52:4, cf. ψ 105:14 = 1 Ch 16:21, ψ 119:122, pt. act. oppressor v 121, pt. pass. oppressed Je 50:33, in predict. ע׳ וְגָזוּל Dt 28:29, ע׳ וְרָצוּץ v 33 Ho 5:11. dub. are: יַעְשֹׁק נָהָר Jb 40:23 a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (sc.; the hippopot.; Du יָשֹׁק, from שׁוּק; \> Gunk Bu יִשְׁקַע fails, sinks); עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ Pr 28:17 oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person. Pt. f. הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָה Is 23:12 crushed (of conquered Sidon under fig. of woman). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 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 «עָשַׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6231/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 103:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.103.6/) עֹשֵׂ֣ה צְדָק֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטִ֗ים לְכָל־עֲשׁוּקִֽים׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].doing (of).righteousness(es) Yahweh and judgments for all \[those.who.are\].oppressed *JPS 1917:* The LORD executeth righteousness, and acts of justice for all that are oppressed. [Psalms 119:122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.122/) עֲרֹ֣ב עַבְדְּךָ֣ לְט֑וֹב אַֽל־יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃ *Word for word:* stand.surety.for servant your for good not may they.oppress.me arrogant.\[people\] *JPS 1917:* Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. - ← previous: [עֵשֶׂק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6230.md) - next →: [עֵשֶׁק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6232.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-6.md)