עָשׁוּק
ashuk · oppressions
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6217 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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ashuk (עָשׁוּק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “oppressions”.
Acts of tyranny. Only plural.
How to say it
a·shuk
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Abuses by the powerful; those who suffer them.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- oppressed ×2
- oppressions ×2
Where it appears
- Job 35:9
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help because of the arm of the great.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
And I turned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and look, the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors there is power, and they have no comforter.
- Amos 3:9
Proclaim over the citadels in Ashdod, and over the citadels in the land of Egypt, and say, “Gather on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults in her midst, and the oppressed within her.”
And 1 more times.