Words the Bible translates as oppression
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kakōsisκάκωσιςoppressionnot studied yet
- osheqעֹשֶׁקextortion: the wrong of using power over someone weaker to squeeze gain out of them, by force, by fraud, or by withholding what is owed, and the goods so taken
- laḥatsלַחַץoppression: the crushing weight a stronger party presses down on someone, and the hardship of living under it
- ashuqעָשׁוּקִיםoppressionnot studied yet
- tokhתֹּךְoppressionnot studied yet
- ma'ashaqqahמַעֲשַׁקָּהoppressionnot studied yet
- ḥamotsחָמוֹץoppressionnot studied yet
- merutsahמְרוּצָהoppressionnot studied yet
- avvatahעַוָּתָהoppressionnot studied yet
- oshqahעׇשְׁקָהoppressionnot studied yet
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