Original: עָשַׁק

Transliteration: ʻâshaq

Phonetic: aw-shak'

Short Definition: Get deceitfully

Original: עשׁק

Transliteration: ‛âshaq

Phonetic: aw-shak'

BDB Definition:

1. to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort
   1. (Qal)
      1. to oppress, wrong, extort
      2. to oppress
   2. (Pual) to be exploited, be crushed

Origin: a primitive root (comp. H6229)

TWOT entry: 1713

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H4642, H6216, H6217, H6232, H6233, H6234