Exodus 3:9
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
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Oppression
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Ezekiel 46:18
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
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9 occurrences in 9 verses.
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עֹשֶׁק
ʻôsheq · o'-shek
11 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
Strong's KJV usage: cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 62:10Strong's last: Ezekiel 22:7
Open full H6233 profile →לַחַץ
lachats · lakh'-ats
7 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
distress
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, oppression.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 3:9Strong's last: Psalms 44:24
Open full H3906 profile →יָנָה
yânâh · yaw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
Strong's KJV usage: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 46:18Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:18
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mispâch · mis-pawkh'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
slaughter
Strong's KJV usage: oppression.
Strong's first: Isaiah 5:7Strong's last: Isaiah 5:7
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ʻôtser · o'-tser
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
closure; also constraint
Strong's KJV usage: × barren, oppression, × prison.
Strong's first: Psalms 107:39Strong's last: Psalms 107:39
Open full H6115 profile →עָקָה
ʻâqâh · aw-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
constraint
Strong's KJV usage: oppression.
Strong's first: Psalms 55:3Strong's last: Psalms 55:3
Open full H6125 profile →עָשַׁק
ʻâshaq · aw-shak'
1 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
Strong's KJV usage: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 22:29Strong's last: Ezekiel 22:29
Open full H6231 profile →שֹׁד
shôd · shode
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
violence, ravage
Strong's KJV usage: desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 12:5Strong's last: Psalms 12:5
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H3906
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
H3906
And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
H3906
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
H3906
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
H7701
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
H3906
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
H3906
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
H3906
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
H6125
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
H6233
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
H6233
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
H6115
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
H6233
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
H6233
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
H6233
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
H4939
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
H6233
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
H6233
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
H6233
In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
H6233
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
H6233
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
H6233
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
H6231
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
H3238
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
English meaning and historical usage.
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oppression
OPPRES'SION, noun
1. The act of oppressing; the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes or services; cruelty; severity.
2. The state of being oppressed or overburdened; misery.
the Lord - saw the oppression of Israel. 2 Kings 8:1.
3. Hardship; calamity.
4. Depression; dullness of spirits; lassitude of body.
5. A sense of heaviness or weight in the breast, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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