Extortion
EXTORTION
The act or practice of gaining or acquiring any thing by force. Extortioners are included in the list of those who are excluded from the kingdom of heaven, 1Co 10:6.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Extortion
EXTORTION ().The word is used by Christ in His terrible arraignment of the scribes and Pharisees, on account of the way in which, by their methods of plunder, they openly violated the Scriptures they knew so well (Mat 23:25, Luk 11:39). Isaiah (Isa 16:4) had predicted the cessation of the extortioner as one of the signs of the Messianic reign. Ezekiel (Eze 22:12) had inveighed against this sin as one of the transgressions of Israel which called forth the Divine wrath. Yet they, who claimed to keep the Law to the letter, and who professed to be the teachers of the Law, fattened themselves on extortion and filled their cups by it. For the methods of extortion practised by the publicans see art. Publican.
Henry E. Dosker.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Extortion
eks-torshun: This particular word occurs twice in King James Version: Eze 22:12 (, oshek), and Mat 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 (Luk 18:11). Paul classes extortion (pleonexa, literally, over-reaching) among a category of the grossest crimes known to humanity (1Co 5:10, 1Co 5:11); indeed, so grievous is it that it closes the door of heaven in the face of the one guilty of it (1Co 6:10).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Extortion
General references
Psa 109:11; Isa 16:4; Eze 22:12; Mic 3:2-3; Mat 23:25; Luk 18:11; 1Co 5:10-11; 1Co 6:10 Usury
Instances of:
– Jacob in demanding Esau’s birthright for a mess of pottage
Gen 25:31
– Pharaoh in exacting of the Egyptian lands and persons, for corn
Gen 47:13-26