Lexical Summary ashaq: to oppress, wrong, extort Original Word: עָשַׁקTransliteration: ashaq Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shak') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to oppress, wrong, extort Meaning: to press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow Strong's Concordance get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, use oppression do violence wrong A primitive root (compare asaq); to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow -- get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress((-ion)), -or), do violence (wrong). see HEBREW asaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H6231. ashaq עָשַׁק verb oppress, wrong, extort (עֲשַׁק ᵑ7 = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic עשק; Syriac accuse, slander; Assyrian adjective eš‡u, strong; Arabic roughness, injustice); — Qal Perfect ׳ע Leviticus 5:21; Ezekiel 18:18; 2masculine singular suffix עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ 1 Samuel 12:4, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַעַשׁקֻנִי Psalm 119:122; 2masculine singular תַּעֲשֹׁק Leviticus 19:13 +, etc.; Infinitive construct עֲשֹׁק Hosea 12:8, suffix עָשְׁקָם 1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalm 105:14; Participle active עשֵׁק Proverbs 14:31 +, feminine plural הָעשְׁקוֺת Amos 4:1, etc.; passive עָשׁוּק Deuteronomy 28:29 +, etc.; — 1 oppress, wrong (often by extortion, "" גָּזַל), with accusative of person 1 Samuel 12:3-4, Micah 2:2; Leviticus 5:21; Leviticus 19:13; especially the poor and helpless Amos 4:1; Deuteronomy 24:14; Jeremiah 7:6; Ezekiel 22:29; Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 14:31; 22:16; 28:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; also with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ׳ע גָּזֵל (וְ)גָזַל עשֶׁק Ezekiel 18:18 practise extortion, 22:29, take by extortion Leviticus 5:23 and (with accusative of thing) Malachi 3:5; absolute Hosea 12:8 practise extortion; Job 10:3 deal tyrannically (of God); participle oppressor, extortioner Jeremiah 21:12; Psalm 72:4; Ecclesiastes 4:1; passive participle as substantive the oppressed Psalm 103:6; 146:7. 2 oppress a nation Isaiah 52:4, compare Psalm 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21; Psalm 119:122, participle act. oppressor 119:121, passive participle oppressed Jeremiah 50:33, in predict. ׳ע וְגָזוּל Deuteronomy 28:29, ׳ע וְרָצּוּץ 28:23; Hosea 5:11. 3 dubious are: נָהָר יַעְשֹׁק Job 40:23 a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (that is, the hippopotamus; Du יָשֹׁק, from שׁוּק; > Gunk Bu יִשְׁקַע falls, sinks); נֶפֶשׁ בְּדַם עָשֻׁק Proverbs 28:17 oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person. Pu`al Participle feminine הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָה Isaiah 23:12 crushed (of conquered Sidon under figure of woman). |