Strong’s H4642 · Hebrew
מַעֲשַׁקָּה
maʻăshaqqâh · mah-ash-ak-kaw'
Origin from עָשַׁק (H6231);
Meaning oppression
In the King James Version oppression, [idiom] oppressor.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Proverbs 28:16The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
- Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.