Words the Bible translates as oppress
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
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- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- sunechōσυνέχωto hold together or press in from every side: to hold shut, hem in, grip, or drive onward
- katadunasteuōκαταδυναστεύωto oppressnot studied yet
- ashaqעָשַׁקto wrong someone by abusing power over them, especially by squeezing them for money or property they cannot defend
- nagasנָגַשׂto drive or press someone into compliance: to bear down on people (or animals) with forced labor, debt, tribute, or sheer domination.
- yanahיָנָהto oppress or wrong someone weaker: to treat a person harshly and unjustly, especially one who has no power to resist
- laḥatsלָחַץto bear down on with crushing pressure: to press or squeeze something physically, and so to oppress or afflict a person or a people
- ratsatsרָצַץto crush: to break or grind something to pieces by pressure or a blow, and so to oppress and grind down the weak
- kataponeōκαταπονέωto oppressnot studied yet
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