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oppressed

Meaning of “oppressed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of oppress, meaning to burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
38 occurrences38 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:29

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Amos 3:9
¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
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1611 witness · Amos 3:9 · retained source text

¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say; Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, oppressions.

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