Strong's Hebrew · H4642
H4642 maʻăshaqqâh
מַעֲשַׁקָּה
mah-ash-ak-kaw'
oppression
Looking for Greek G4642 sklērós? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4642. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
maʻăshaqqâh appears twice in Scripture, in Proverbs 28:16 and Isaiah 33:15. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
oppression
In the King James Version
oppression, × oppressor.
Derivation
from H6231 (עָשַׁק);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.”
“He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
