Oppressive (6 Occurrences)

... 1. (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/oppressive.htm - 8k

Tyrannize (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (vi) To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tyrannize.htm - 7k

Sultry (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. 2. (superl.) Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sultry.htm - 7k

Burden (111 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load. 2. (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/burden.htm - 46k

Heavy (110 Occurrences)

... 3. (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heavy.htm - 44k

Quit (12 Occurrences)

... 3. (imp. & pp) of Quit. 4. (v.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quit.htm - 13k

Oppressively (1 Occurrence)

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Oppressions (5 Occurrences)

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Light (2869 Occurrences)

... task. 25. (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment. 26. (superl ... biblethesaurus.org/l/light.htm - 31k

Gadara

... Great in 30 BC (Ant., XV, vii, 3; BJ, I, xx, 3). The emperor would not listen to the accusations of the inhabitants against Herod for oppressive conduct (Ant ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gadara.htm - 12k

Writers (2 Occurrences)

... (BBE). Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/w/writers.htm - 6k

Inn (7 Occurrences)

... and on departure, the arranging of haqq el-khan generally means a disagreeable dispute, as the innkeepers are invariably untruthful, dishonest and oppressive. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/inn.htm - 17k

Redress (4 Occurrences)

... relieve from. 4. (vt) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. 5. (n ... biblethesaurus.org/r/redress.htm - 8k

Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)

... The burden of taxation to which they had been subjected during Solomon's reign was very oppressive, and therefore the people assembled at Shechem and demanded ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehoboam.htm - 34k

Rapacity (2 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. Multi-Version Concordance Rapacity (2 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rapacity.htm - 7k

Relief (32 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which ... biblethesaurus.org/r/relief.htm - 16k

Ease (46 Occurrences)

... ease the body or mind. 6. (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. 7. (n.) To release from pressure ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ease.htm - 23k

Exacting (5 Occurrences)

... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exact. 2. (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exacting.htm - 8k

Debtor (7 Occurrences)

... sold for debt, or the debtor might become a slave for a certain length of time until the debt was paid (Leviticus 25:39, 47 Isaiah 50:1). So oppressive had the ... biblethesaurus.org/d/debtor.htm - 16k

Debt (48 Occurrences)

... sold for debt, or the debtor might become a slave for a certain length of time until the debt was paid (Leviticus 25:39, 47 Isaiah 50:1). So oppressive had the ... biblethesaurus.org/d/debt.htm - 28k

Publican (7 Occurrences)

... tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/publican.htm - 9k

Burdensome (9 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. Multi-Version Concordance Burdensome (9 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/burdensome.htm - 9k

Cumber (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (vt) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cumber.htm - 7k

Close (186 Occurrences)

... quarters. 18. (vt) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc. 19. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/close.htm - 39k

Abomination (78 Occurrences)

... This aversion to shepherds, such as the Hebrews, arose probably from the fact that Lower and Middle Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abomination.htm - 55k

Cloud (119 Occurrences)

... is apt to blow up from the South a considerable number of low cirro-stratus clouds which seem to fill the air with dampness, making more oppressive the dead ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cloud.htm - 51k

Heaviness (14 Occurrences)

... 40 Luke 9:32, "Their eyes were heavy"); bareomai, "to be weighed down." 2. Figuratively: It is used (1) for what is hard to bear, oppressive, kabhedh (Exodus 18 ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heaviness.htm - 16k

Unrighteous (32 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS). ... biblethesaurus.org/u/unrighteous.htm - 16k

Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)

... Revolt of the Ten Tribes: The genial and imposing personality of Solomon had been able to stem the tide of discontent excited by his oppressive regime, which ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeroboam.htm - 62k

Palestine (1 Occurrence)

... The summer heat is oppressive only for a few days at a time, when (espescially in May) the dry wind-deficient in ozone-blows from the eastern desert. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/palestine.htm - 89k

Tithe (30 Occurrences)

... (3) A community so poor and disaffected as that of Ezra's time would have refused to submit to a new and oppressive tithe burden. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tithe.htm - 28k

Woe (102 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 10:5 Ho! ... biblethesaurus.org/w/woe.htm - 37k

Wo (92 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wo.htm - 33k

Marriage (74 Occurrences)

... and a paper of divorce. A similar custom prevails in China and Japan, and in cases becomes very oppressive. The marriage may have ... biblethesaurus.org/m/marriage.htm - 62k

Decree (82 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/decree.htm - 34k

Hard (733 Occurrences)

... 5. (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hard.htm - 18k

Moses (9295 Occurrences)

... Whether he did so in word, by definite renunciation, or by his espousal of the cause of the slave against the oppressive policy of Pharaoh is of little ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moses.htm - 53k

Heat (104 Occurrences)

... The heat on a damp, sultry day, when the atmosphere is full of dust haze is especially oppressive, and is referred to in Isaiah 25:5 as "the heat by the shade ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heat.htm - 45k