Strong's Hebrew · H6217
עָשׁוּק
ʻâshûwq · aw-shook'
Definitionused in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny
Derivationor עָשֻׁק; passive participle of H6231 (עָשַׁק);
KJV usageoppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.)
Occurrences4 in the KJV · 3 verses
עָשׁוּק in Scripture
Job 35:9
By 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
So 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
Publish 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.