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extortioner

Meaning of “extortioner”

A person who seizes, obtains, or exacts another’s goods, money, or advantage by force, oppression, threat, abuse of power, or unjust demand.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Psalms 109:11

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Psalms 109:11
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 109:11 · retained source text

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath: and let the strangers spoile his labour.

Isaiah 16:4
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:4 · retained source text

Let mine outcasts dwel with thee, Moab, be thou a couert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressours are consumed out of the land.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wringer.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the treaders downe.

1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 5:11 · retained source text

But now I haue written vnto you, not to keepe company, if any man that is called a brother bee a fornicator, or couetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one, no, not to eate.

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