Oppression
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Oppression

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Oppression (67 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness;
lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs. ...
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Extortion (14 Occurrences)
... and Matthew 23:25 (harpage), and indicates that one who is an extortioner is guilty
of snatching away from another by strife, greed and oppression that which ...
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Restraint (34 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:27 and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house
of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of ...
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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 ...
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Occurred (23 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Matthew 24:21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not
been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. ...
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Anguish (75 Occurrences)
... and wickedness (Job 15:24 Proverbs 1:27 Romans 2:9); of anguish of spirit through
the cruel bondage of slavery (Exodus 6:9) and Assyrian oppression (Isaiah 8:22 ...
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Samuel (129 Occurrences)
... The Philistine yoke was heavy, and the people, groaning under the wide-spread
oppression, suddenly rose in revolt, and "went out against the Philistines to ...
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Misery (38 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 26:7 and we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and Yahweh heard
our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression; (See NIV ...
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Robbery (18 Occurrences)
... 6:4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which
he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the ...
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Judges (117 Occurrences)
... Samuel was raised up to deliver the people from this oppression, and he judged Israel
for some twelve years, when the direction of affairs fell into the hands ...
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Oppressed (81 Occurrences)
... (YLT). 2 Kings 13:4 Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw
the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them. ...
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Habakkuk (3 Occurrences)
... interpretations advocated may be grouped under three heads: (1) According to the
first view: Habakkuk 1:2-4: The corruption of Judah; the oppression of the ...
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Immediately (141 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ...
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Unequaled (2 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from
the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. (See NIV). ...
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James (40 Occurrences)
... the rich (2:2); falsehood, which had made words and oaths play-things (3:2-12);
partisanship (3:14); evil speaking (4:11); boasting (4:16); oppression (5:4 ...
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Firm (111 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ...
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Redress (4 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of
grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. ...
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Exercised (20 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery
upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he ...
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Equaled (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from
the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. (See NIV). ...
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Ehud (12 Occurrences)
... (see QUARRIES .) But in the south-west the Philistines reduced the Israelites to
great straits (Judges 5:6). From this oppression Shamgar was raised up to be ...
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Darkened (28 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky ...
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Denying (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:13 transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our
God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart ...
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Daughter (320 Occurrences)
... If the Pharaoh of the Oppression was Rameses II, as is most likely, then Pharaoh's
daughter was probably the daughter of Seti I, an older sister of Rameses II. ...
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Pharaoh's (72 Occurrences)
... If the Pharaoh of the Oppression was Rameses II, as is most likely, then Pharaoh's
daughter was probably the daughter of Seti I, an older sister of Rameses II. ...
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Beginning (187 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from
the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. ...
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Arises (21 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ...
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Short (128 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ...
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Oppress (57 Occurrences)
... (DBY NIV). Exodus 3:9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to
me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ...
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Wronged (22 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 22:7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you
have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged ...
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Stolen (28 Occurrences)
... it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which
he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the ...
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Moon (70 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky ...
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Root (54 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ...
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Perverseness (46 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 30:12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this
word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it; (WEB KJV JPS ...
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Moses (9295 Occurrences)
... rigour" (Exodus 1:13, 14). But this cruel oppression had not the result
expected of reducing their number. On the contrary, "the ...
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Vexed (37 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee
have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed ...
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Violence (98 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 72:14 He will redeem their soul
from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight. ...
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Adversity (54 Occurrences)
... for a boaster. (YLT). Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction,
and opens their ear in oppression. (See RSV). Psalms 9 ...
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Poverty (25 Occurrences)
... The causes of poverty are failure of harvest and poor crops (Nehemiah 5:1-3);
devastation caused by enemies sweeping through the land; the oppression of the ...
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Dark (234 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky ...
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Suffering (104 Occurrences)
... Revelation 1:9 I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom,
and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos ...
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Mad (22 Occurrences)
... the good is called by this name in Psalm 102:8. In Deuteronomy 28:28-34 it is used
to characterize the state of panic produced by the oppression of tyrannical ...
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Mischief (64 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). Psalms 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit,
and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. ...
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Life (6001 Occurrences)
... 17:11). Oppression on the part of judges and rulers was severely condemned
because oppression was detrimental to life. (9) Long ...
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Affliction (120 Occurrences)
... The following are the chief forms of affliction referred to: (1) Individual affliction,
especially sickness, poverty, the oppression of the weak by the strong ...
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Mourning (85 Occurrences)
... Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY
WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 43:2 For you are the God of my strength. ...
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Backslide
... If Israel was 430 years in Egypt (compare 12:40 P; also Genesis 15:13 J; see III,
4 below), and if the oppression began during the long reign of the ...
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Sinned (156 Occurrences)
... If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh,
and I want to spare you. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV). ...
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Fatherless (44 Occurrences)
... in association with the widow and the stranger, as typical instances of the unprotected
and necessitous, who are, specially subject to oppression, and also to ...
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Redeem (56 Occurrences)
... Psalms 72:14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. ... Psalms 119:134
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. ...
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Enemy (134 Occurrences)
... Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY
WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 43:2 For you are the God of my strength. ...
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Plunder (118 Occurrences)
... he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath
taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the ...
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Deceit (160 Occurrences)
... 20:17; Proverbs 26:26 1 Thessalonians 2:3, renders a variety of words, more accurately
than the King James Version, by "oppression," "falsehood," "guile ...
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Throw (135 Occurrences)
... Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you
may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. ...
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Forgotten (69 Occurrences)
... you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 44 ...
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Poor (276 Occurrences)
... 4) Definite penalties were not always attached to those laws, and the prophets and
psalmists have many complaints of the unjust treatment and oppression of the ...
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Egypt (596 Occurrences)
... As Pithom, excavated by Dr. Naville in 1883, was one of the cities he built,
he must have been the Pharaoh of the Oppression. The ...
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Afflicted (171 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction,
and opens their ear in oppression. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Needy (83 Occurrences)
... Psalms 12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of
the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from ...
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Shed (73 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 22:17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and
for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. ...
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Thereon (90 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV). Psalms 62:10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery:
If riches increase, set not your heart thereon . (See JPS ASV). ...
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Violently (92 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:18 His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a
brother, And that which 'is' not good did in the midst of his people, And lo ...
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Yet (1244 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression
or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ...
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Vainly (4 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Psalms 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery;
if riches increase, set not your heart thereon. (See NAS). ...
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Kill (310 Occurrences)
... not! (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 24:9 Then they
will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You ...
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Kicking (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 30:12 Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking
against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on ...
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Nebuchadrezzar (31 Occurrences)
... and Daniel, and the last chapters of Kings and Chronicles centered about his life,
and he stands preeminent, along with the Pharaohs of the oppression and the ...
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Name's (31 Occurrences)
... eternal life. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Matthew 24:9 Then they will
deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will ...
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Nakedness (50 Occurrences)
... Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or
anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ...
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Under (4325 Occurrences)
... in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like;
as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have ...
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Uncovereth (12 Occurrences)
... from iniquity. (YLT). Job 36:15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction,
And uncovereth in oppression their ear. (YLT). Isaiah ...
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Unlawfully (1 Occurrence)
... Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery;
yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner ...
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Uttering (10 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:13 transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our
God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart ...
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Unrest (3 Occurrences)
... and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains
of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among ...
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Overreached (1 Occurrence)
... Ezekiel 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury
and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast ...
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Oppressive (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3.
(a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. ...
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Opens (30 Occurrences)
... iniquity. (WEB NAS RSV). Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their
affliction, and opens their ear in oppression. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
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Oppressions (5 Occurrences)

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Overcome (300 Occurrences)
... (WEB BBE RSV). John 16:33 I have told you these things, that in me you may
have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! ...
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Jephthah (26 Occurrences)
... Whom God sets free, or the breaker through, a "mighty man of valour" who delivered
Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites (Judges 11:1-33), and judged ...
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