Strong’s
H4642Noun, feminine2 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Proverbs 28:16מַעֲשַׁקּוֹת
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
- Isaiah 33:15מַעֲשַׁקּוֹת
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מַעֲשַׁקָּה] extortionate act
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.