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Oppress

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: καταδυναστεύω

(Strong's #2616 — Verb — katadunasteuo — kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o )

"to exercise power over" (kata, "down," dunastes, "a potentate;" dunamai, "to have power"), "to oppress," is used, in the Passive Voice, in Acts 10:38; in the Active, in James 2:6 .

2: καταπονέω

(Strong's #2669 — Verb — kataponeo — kat-ap-on-eh'-o )

see DISTRESS , B, No. 4.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Oppress'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/oppress.html. 1940.
 
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