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oppress

Meaning of “oppress”

To burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.

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23 occurrences23 verses16 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 3:9

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Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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1611 witness · Psalms 10:18 · retained source text

To iudge the fatherlesse and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, terrifie.

Psalms 17:9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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From the wicked that oppresse me, from my deadly enemies, who compasse me about.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that waste me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. my enemies against the soule.

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