Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6233
עֹשֶׁק
osheqo'-shek
oppression
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻôsheq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6233is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6233
injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
The King James renders it: cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
osheq is rendered "oppression". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 6:4once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
Leviticus 6:4הָעֹ֙שֶׁק֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's fifteen uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- oppression4
- the oppression3
- by the oppression1
- extortion1
- from oppression1
- from oppression of1
- in extortion1
- in oppression1
- oppression of1
- with the oppression1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֹשֶׁר | osher | riches | Uses37 |
The words it stands beside
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עֹ֣שֶׁק2
- בְעֹשֶׁק֮1
- בְּעֹ֣שֶׁק1
- בַעֹ֖שֶׁק1
- בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק1
- הָעֹ֙שֶׁק֙1
- הָעֹ֖שֶׁק1
- הָעֹ֥שֶׁק1
- מֵעֹ֣שֶׁק1
- מֵעֹ֙שֶׁק֙1
- עֹ֑שֶׁק1
- עֹ֥שֶׁק1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Leviticus
one use
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- הָעֹ֙שֶׁק֙haoshekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the oppression
Psalms
three uses
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- בְעֹשֶׁק֮veoshekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in extortion
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
- עֹ֑שֶׁקʾosheknoun · masculine singulartagged: oppression
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
- מֵעֹ֣שֶׁקmeoshekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from oppression of
Ecclesiastes
two uses
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- עֹ֣שֶׁקʾosheknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: oppression of
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
- הָעֹ֖שֶׁקhaoshekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the oppression
Isaiah
three uses
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
- בְּעֹ֣שֶׁקbeoshekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in oppression
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
- מֵעֹ֙שֶׁק֙meoshekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from oppression
rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
- עֹ֣שֶׁקʾosheknoun · masculine singulartagged: oppression
Jeremiah
two uses
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
- עֹ֥שֶׁקʾosheknoun · masculine singulartagged: oppression
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- הָעֹ֥שֶׁקhaoshekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the oppression
Ezekiel
four uses
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
- עֹ֗שֶׁקʾosheknoun · masculine singulartagged: extortion
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- בַעֹ֖שֶׁקvaoshekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the oppression
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- בַּעֹ֔שֶׁקbaoshekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: by the oppression
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
- עֹ֔שֶׁקʾosheknoun · masculine singulartagged: oppression
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.