# G2616 καταδυναστεύω

καταδυναστεύω (katadynasteúō), Strong’s G2616: to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress KJV: oppress. Occurs 34 times.

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*katadynasteúō* — to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress

KJV: oppress

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [δυνάστης dynástēs](https://besorah.bible/word/G1413) (a ruler or officer)

Occurs 34 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 10:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=38) — how God anointed Yeshua of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who…
- [Jacob 2:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/2?v=6) — But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
- [Wisdom of Solomon 2:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/2?v=10) — Let’s oppress the righteous poor. Let’s not spare the widow, nor regard the gray hair of the old man.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 15:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/15?v=14) — But most foolish and more miserable than a baby, are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them;
- [Wisdom of Solomon 17:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/17?v=2) — For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, they, prisoners of darkness, and bound…
- [Sirach 48:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/48?v=12) — Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any…
- [2 Maccabees 1:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/1?v=28) — Punish those who oppress us and in arrogance shamefully entreat us.