1. (n.) The practice of wresting anything by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.

2. (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.

3. (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.

EXTORTION

eks-tor'-shun:

This particular word occurs twice in King James Version: Ezekiel 22:12 (`osheq), 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 does not lawfully belong to him. The element of covetousness and usury is involved in the meaning of this word; for it is greedily gotten gain. The publicans were considered as being specially guilty of this sin; this is clear from the Pharisee's deprecatory remark: "I am not. an extortioner... as this publican" (Luke 18:11). Paul classes extortion (pleonexia, literally, "over-reaching") among a category of the grossest crimes known to humanity (1 Corinthians 5:10, 11); indeed, so grievous is it that it closes the door of heaven in the face of the one guilty of it (1 Corinthians 6:10).

William Evans

724. harpage -- pillage, plundering
... extortion, robbery. From harpazo; pillage (properly abstract) -- extortion, ravening,
spoiling. see GREEK harpazo. (arpagen) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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727. harpax -- rapacious
... ravenous. From harpazo; rapacious -- extortion, ravening. see GREEK harpazo. (arpages)
-- 3 Occurrences. (arpax) -- 1 Occurrence. (arpaxin) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness
... covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, ie (by implication) fraudulency,
extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes. ...
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6233. osheq -- oppression, extortion
... oppression, extortion. Transliteration: osheq Phonetic Spelling: (o'-shek) Short
Definition: oppression. ... cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing deceitfully gotten ...
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6217. ashuqim -- oppression, extortion
... 6216, 6217. ashuqim. 6218 . oppression, extortion. Transliteration: ashuqim
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shook') Short Definition: oppressions. ...
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4835. merutsah -- a crushing, an oppression
... merutsah or merutsah. 4836 . a crushing, an oppression. Transliteration: merutsah
or merutsah Phonetic Spelling: (mer-oo-tsaw') Short Definition: extortion. ...
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2557. chamets -- that which is leavened
... leaven, leavened bread. From chamets; ferment, (figuratively) extortion -- leaven,
leavened (bread). see HEBREW chamets. 2556c, 2557. chamets. 2558 . ...
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A Rebuke against Extortion
... After the Exile Chapter 54 A Rebuke Against Extortion. ... He is not to imitate
its sharp practices, its overreaching, its extortion. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 54 a rebuke against.htm

Spiritual Almsgiving
... But the Lord said to him: 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the
dish, but within you are still full of extortion and wickedness. ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xx spiritual almsgiving.htm

Seemingly from the Dawn of Man all Nations have had Governments...
... modern of countries, America, has introduced with a vague savor of science, a method
which it calls "the third degree." This is simply the extortion of secrets ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 23 seemingly from the.htm

2 Cor. Ix. 1
... therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would make up beforehand this your
bounty, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty and not of extortion ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xix 2 cor ix.htm

The Eighth Commandment
... 6. (6) The usurer, who takes by extortion from others. He ... restitution. Luke
19:8. He thought all he got by extortion was theft. (7 ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 8 the eighth commandment.htm

Zacchaeus
... His rank and wealth were the reward of a calling they abhorred, and which
was regarded as another name for injustice and extortion. ...
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Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and ...
... hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full from extortion and excess. [Jesus ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cx jesus last public discourse.htm

Again on the Calamity of the City of Antioch. ...
... to live in luxury does not seem to be a manifest and admitted crime; but then it
brings forth in us great evils,"drunkenness, violence, extortion, and rapine ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xv again on the.htm

In his Temple
... The money changing gave opportunity for fraud and extortion, and it had grown into
a disgraceful traffic, which was a source of revenue to the priests. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 16 in his temple.htm

The Fifth Book
... no small proportion of the Gauls, and, in fine, all those throughout the Roman world
whose Roman citizenship has been brought to nothing by Roman extortion. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/salvian/on the government of god/the fifth book.htm

Extortion (14 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EXTORTION. ... Multi-Version Concordance Extortion
(14 Occurrences). Matthew 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ...
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Extort (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion. 3. (vi) To practice
extortion. 4. (pp & a.) Extorted. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Robbery (18 Occurrences)
... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within
they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. (See NAS). ...
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Extortioner (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who practices extortion. Multi-Version
Concordance Extortioner (3 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians ...
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Platter (20 Occurrences)
... For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and unrighteousness. (WEB KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Outside (215 Occurrences)
... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. ...
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Cleanse (75 Occurrences)
... hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full from extortion and excess. (ASV RSV). ...
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Cup (86 Occurrences)
... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. ...
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Clean (298 Occurrences)
... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. ...
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John (154 Occurrences)
... The publicans he cautioned against extortion, the soldiers against crime and plunder."
His doctrine and manner of life roused the entire south of Palestine ...
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