Lexical Summary ashuqim: oppression, extortion Original Word: עָשׁוּקTransliteration: ashuqim Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shook') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: oppression, extortion Meaning: oppression, extortion Strong's Concordance oppressedion Or mashuq {aw-shook'}; passive participle of ashaq; used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny -- oppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.) see HEBREW ashaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H6217. ashuqim עֲשׁוּקִים noun plural abstract oppression, extortion; — ׳ע Amos 3:9; Job 35:9, עֲשֻׁקִים Ecclesiastes 4:1. |