Word Study · Strong's H4642 · Hebrew
מַעֲשַׁקָּה
maashaqqah
mah-ash-ak-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: maʻăshaqqâh
“oppression”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
oppression
Rendered in the KJV as
oppression, [idiom] oppressor.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- מַעֲשַׁקּ֑וֹת1
- מַעֲשַׁקּ֗וֹת1
How it is rendered · 1
- extortions2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · feminine plural2
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- HNcfpa · 2
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