oppression, extortion
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a.shuq · oppression · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Job 35:9 · עֲשׁוּקִ֣יםBy reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.Ecclesiastes 4:1 · הָ֣עֲשֻׁקִ֔ים · הָעֲשֻׁקִ֗יםSo I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.Amos 3:9 · וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖יםPublish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.