# H6217 עָשׁוּק

עָשׁוּק (ʻâshûwq), Strong’s H6217: used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny KJV: oppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.). Occurs 4 times.

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*ʻâshûwq* — used in plural masculine as abstractly, tyranny

KJV: oppressed(-ion). (Doubtful.)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עָשׁוּקִים n.pl.abstr. oppression, extortion

## Where it occurs
- [Amos 3:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/3?v=9) — Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the…
- [Job 35:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/35?v=9) — “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- [Ecclesiastes 4:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/4?v=1) — Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were…