Bible Dictionary: Oppressing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oppress.

Strong's Hebrew

3238. yanah -- to oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress
... root Definition to oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress NASB Word Usage do him wrong
(1), mistreat (2), oppress (3), oppresses (1), oppressing (1), oppressor (2 ...
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3905. lachats -- to squeeze, press, oppress
... to squeeze, press, oppress NASB Word Usage afflict (1), forced (1), hold the shut
(1), oppress (2), oppressed (6), oppresses (1), oppressing (2), oppressors (3 ...
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Library

Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his ...
... OF THE POWER OF MAKING LAWS. THE CRUELTY OF THE POPE AND HIS ADHERENTS, IN THIS
RESPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING SOULS. ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 of the power.htm

Habakkuk
... Ch. i.1-4 reveals a picture of confusion within Judah, but it is impossible to say
whether it is foreigners who are oppressing Judah as a whole, or powerful ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/habakkuk.htm

Psalm XIX.
... who came to fulfil the law, not to destroy it; [557] an undefiled law, "Who did
no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth," [558] not oppressing souls with ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xix.htm

Questions which Ought to be Asked
... ELIHU PERCEIVED the great ones of the earth oppressing the needy, and he traced
their domineering tyranny to their forgetfulness of God: "None saith, Where is ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/questions which ought to be.htm

Commandment Eighth. We Ought to Shun that which is Evil, and do ...
... those who have fallen into sin from the faith, but turning them back and restoring
them to peace of mind, admonishing sinners, not oppressing debtors and the ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/commandment eighth we ought to.htm

Article iii: of Love and the Fulfilling of the Law.
... Then, too, how can the human heart love God while it knows that He is terribly angry,
and is oppressing us with temporal and perpetual calamities? ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 6 article iii of.htm

Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World
... Though poor, I am prepared to pay; Come shame, come sorrow; spite of tears,. Weakness,
and heart-oppressing fears; One soul, as least, shall not repine,. ...
/.../truth and divine love rejected.htm

Agree with Thine Adversary
... Scribes and Pharisees, are going on as they are now, beating the man-servants and
maid-servants, and eating and drinking with the drunken, oppressing the people ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxvii agree with thine.htm

The Unjust Steward
... Now suppose that the steward had been cheating and oppressing these men, as was
common enough in those days with stewards, and has been common enough since ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xlii the unjust steward.htm

The Wicked Plan Having Been Carried into Execution, Diocletian...
... His disease had now become more grievous and oppressing; yet he caused himself to
be brought out, in order to dedicate that circus which, at the conclusion of ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xvii the wicked plan.htm

Thesaurus

Oppressing (11 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Oppressing (11 Occurrences). ... Proverbs 22:16 He is oppressing
the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want. ...
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Oppressor (28 Occurrences)
... Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to
our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword. ...
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Jonah (30 Occurrences)
... Jonah was grieved that the oppressing city should be spared, and waited
in the vicinity to see what would be the final outcome. ...
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Oppresseth (8 Occurrences)

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Oppression (67 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of oppressing, or state of being
oppressed. 2. (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or ...
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Nativity (9 Occurrences)
... to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to
our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. ...
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Ophrah (9 Occurrences)
... was apparently not far from the plain of Esdraelon (Judges 6:33 f), so that Gideon
and his kinsmen smarted under the near presence of the oppressing Midianites ...
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Lair (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 25:38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an
astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of ...
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Greeks (22 Occurrences)
... Mediterranean basin may in time show that there was actually such a connection;
but the rendering in question proves nothing, since "the oppressing sword" of ...
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Grecians (4 Occurrences)
... Mediterranean basin may in time show that there was actually such a connection;
but the rendering in question proves nothing, since "the oppressing sword" of ...
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Bible Concordance

Oppressing (11 Occurrences)

Exodus 3:9 And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,
(YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 10:9 And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 10:18 and saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms who are oppressing you;
(YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Aram oppressed them.--
(See NIV)

Proverbs 22:16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:3 A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, 'Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 25:38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce anger.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 46:16 He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Amos 4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who 'are' in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'
(YLT)

Zephaniah 3:1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Oppressing

Related Terms

Oppressor (28 Occurrences)

Jonah (30 Occurrences)

Oppresseth (8 Occurrences)

Oppression (67 Occurrences)

Nativity (9 Occurrences)

Ophrah (9 Occurrences)

Lair (8 Occurrences)

Greeks (22 Occurrences)