Lexical Definition

‎עָשַׁק‎ ʻâshaq (aw-shak') to oppress ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎עָשַׂק‎)

get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).

• to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

1) to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to oppress, wrong, extort
1a2) to oppress
1b) (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָשַׁק‎ verb oppress, wrong, extort (ᵑ7 ‎עֲשַׁק‎ = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic ‎עשק‎; Syriac accuse, slander; Assyrian adjective eš‡u, strong; Arabic roughness, injustice); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Lev 5:21*; Ezek 18:18 2 masculine singular suffix ‎עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ‎ 1Sam 12:4, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יַעַשׁקֻנִי‎ Ps 119:122 2 masculine singular ‎תַּעֲשֹׁק‎ Lev 19:13 +, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎עֲשֹׁק‎ Hos 12:8*, suffix ‎עָשְׁקָם‎ 1Chr 16:21; Ps 105:14 Participle active ‎עשֵׁק‎ Prov 14:31 +, feminine plural ‎הָעשְׁקוֺת‎ Amos 4:1, etc.; passive ‎עָשׁוּק‎ Deut 28:29 +, etc.; —

1. oppress, wrong (often by extortion, || ‎גָּזַל‎), with accusative of person 1Sam 12:3; 1Sam 12:4; Mic 2:2; Lev 5:21*; Lev 19:13 especially the poor and helpless Amos 4:1; Deut 24:14; Jer 7:6; Ezek 22:29; Zech 7:10; Prov 14:31; Prov 22:16; Prov 28:3; Eccl 4:1 also with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎עשֶׁק (וְ)גָזַל גָּזֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ezek 18:18 practise extortion, Ezek 22:29, take by extortion Lev 5:23* and (with accusative of thing) Mal 3:5 absolute Hos 12:8* practise extortion; Job 10:3 deal tyrannically (of God); participle oppressor, extortioner Jer 21:12; Ps 72:4; Eccl 4:1 passive participle as substantive the oppressed Ps 103:6; Ps 146:7.

2. oppress a nation Isa 52:4, compare Ps 105:14 = 1Chr 16:21; Ps 119:122, participle act. oppressor vPs 119:121, passive participle oppressed Jer 50:33, in predict. ‎וְגָזוּל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Deut 28:29, ‎וְרָצּוּץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ vDeut 28:23; Hos 5:11.

3. dubious are: ‎יַעְשֹׁק נָהָר‎ Job 40:23 a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (that is, the hippopotamus; Du ‎יָשֹׁק‎, from ‎שׁוּק‎; > Gunk Bu ‎יִשְׁקַע‎ falls, sinks); ‎עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ‎ Prov 28:17 oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person. Pu`al Participle feminine ‎הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָה‎ Isa 23:12 crushed (of conquered Sidon under figure of woman).

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