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It is used to describe situations where individuals or groups are subjected to unfair treatment or are taken advantage of, typically for financial or material gain.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite society, the concept of justice and righteousness was central to the community's covenant relationship with God. The Torah contains numerous laws aimed at protecting the vulnerable, such as widows, orphans, and foreigners, from exploitation and oppression. "Ekes" would have been seen as a violation of these divine laws, undermining the social fabric and the community's relationship with God. Prophets often spoke against such practices, calling for repentance and a return to just dealings.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an anklet, bangle<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>anklets (1), fetters (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">עֶ֫כֶס</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>anklet, bangle</b></font>; — plural absolute <font class="hebrew2">הָעֲכֶסִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/3-18.htm">Isaiah 3:18</a> <em>bangles, anklets</em> (as ornaments); for singular absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22</a> read <font class="hebrew2">עֵגֶל</font> Toy. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>stocks, tinkling ornament <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5913.htm">akac</a>; a fetter; hence, an anklet -- stocks, tinkling ornament. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5913.htm">akac</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הָעֲכָסִ֛ים העכסים וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס וכעכס hā‘ăḵāsîm hā·‘ă·ḵā·sîm haachaSim ū·ḵə·‘e·ḵes ucheEches ūḵə‘eḵes<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/proverbs/7-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 7:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">טָ֣בַח יָב֑וֹא <b> וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס </b> אֶל־ מוּסַ֥ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the slaughter, <span class="itali">Or as [one in] fetters</span> to the discipline<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the correction <span class="itali">of the stocks;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the slaughter goes <span class="itali">fetters</span> to the discipline<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/3-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 3:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵ֣ת תִּפְאֶ֧רֶת <b> הָעֲכָסִ֛ים </b> וְהַשְּׁבִיסִ֖ים וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִֽים׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the beauty <span class="itali">of [their] anklets,</span> headbands,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the bravery <span class="itali">of [their] tinkling ornaments</span> [about their feet], and [their] cauls,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/3-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the Lord the beauty <span class="itali">of anklets</span> headbands crescent<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5914.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5914.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5914<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/haachasim_5914.htm">hā·‘ă·ḵā·sîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ucheeches_5914.htm">ū·ḵə·‘e·ḵes — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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