Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʻôsheq

o'-shek

עֹשֶׁק

What it means

injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain

injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain

Where it comes from

from ʻâshaq (עָשַׁק)

How the King James translates it

  • oppression11
  • thing1
  • cruelly1
  • extortion1

Every place it appears 14

Leviticus6:4
Ecclesiastes5:87:7
Jeremiah6:622:17
ʻôsheq — Hebrew word meaning “injury, fraud, distress, unjust”