28 occurrences

'Oppression' in the Bible

Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;

Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

“He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,And opens their ear in time of oppression.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why do You hide Your faceAnd forget our affliction and our oppression?

Destruction is in her midst;Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.

He will rescue their life from oppression and violence,And their blood will be precious in his sight;

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,“Since you have rejected this wordAnd have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them,

Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.

By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who consideredThat He was cut off out of the land of the livingFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?

“In righteousness you will be established;You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear;And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Transgressing and denying the Lord,And turning away from our God,Speaking oppression and revolt,Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words.

For thus says the Lord of hosts,“Cut down her treesAnd cast up a siege against Jerusalem.This is the city to be punished,In whose midst there is only oppression.

O Lord, You have seen my oppression;Judge my case.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

I have certainly seen the oppression of My people in Egypt and have heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them; come now, and I will send you to Egypt.’

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עשׁק 
`osheq 
Usage: 15

דּך 
Dak 
Usage: 4

דּכא 
Daka' 
Usage: 18

חמוץ 
Chamowts 
Usage: 1

חמס 
Chamac 
Usage: 60

ינה 
Yanah 
Usage: 19

לחץ 
Lachats 
Usage: 19

לחץ 
Lachats 
Usage: 12

מעשׁקּה 
Ma`ashaqqah 
Usage: 2

משׂפּח 
Mispach 
Usage: 1

נגשׂ 
Nagas 
Usage: 23

עצר 
`otser 
Usage: 3

עריץ 
`ariyts 
Usage: 20

ערץ 
`arats 
Usage: 15

עשׁוק 
`ashowq 
Usage: 1

עשׁק עשׁוּק 
`ashuwq 
Usage: 4

עשׁק 
`ashaq 
Usage: 36

עשׁקה 
`oshqah 
Usage: 1

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 11

רמס 
Ramac 
Usage: 19

רצץ 
Ratsats 
Usage: 19

שׁוד שׁד 
Shod 
Usage: 25

καταδυναστεύω 
Katadunasteuo 
Usage: 2

καταπονέω 
Kataponeo 
Usage: 2

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