# עָשַׁק (ashaq) Israeli respelling: a-shaq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H6231. 35 Old Testament occurrences. to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow King James renderings: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ashaq-h6231 ## Occurrences - [Leviticus 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/6/2) — If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship… - [Leviticus 6:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/6/4) — Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hat… - [Leviticus 19:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/13) — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. - [Deuteronomy 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/24/14) — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land wit… - [Deuteronomy 28:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/29) — And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed… - [Deuteronomy 28:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/33) — The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alwa… - [1 Samuel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/12/3) — Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom h… - [1 Samuel 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/12/4) — And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand. - [1 Chronicles 16:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/16/21) — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, - [Job 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/3) — Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wi… - [Job 40:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/40/23) — Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. - [Psalms 72:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/72/4) — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. - [Psalms 103:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/6) — The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. - [Psalms 105:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/14) — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; - [Psalms 119:121](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/121) — I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. - [Psalms 119:122](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/122) — Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. - [Psalms 146:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/146/7) — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: - [Proverbs 14:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/31) — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. - [Proverbs 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/16) — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. - [Proverbs 28:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/3) — A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. - [Proverbs 28:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/17) — A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. - [Ecclesiastes 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/1) — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had… - [Isaiah 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/12) — And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou hav… - [Isaiah 52:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/4) — For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. - [Jeremiah 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/6) — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to… - [Jeremiah 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/12) — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, l… - [Jeremiah 50:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/33) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives hel… - [Ezekiel 18:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/18) — As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even… - [Ezekiel 22:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/22/29) — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the strange… - [Hosea 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/5/11) — Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. - [Hosea 12:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/12/7) — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. - [Amos 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/4/1) — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their m… - [Micah 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/2/2) — And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his h… - [Zechariah 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/7/10) — And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your hea… - [Malachi 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/5) — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false…