Thrauo describes people portrayed as having been crushed or broken under oppression in Luke 4:18.

The sole attested use portrays people as having been crushed or broken in the setting of oppression and being set free.

1. Crushed people under oppression · dominant

   In Luke 4:18, τεθραυσμένους is a perfect passive participle describing those whom the verse places among "the oppressed" to be set at liberty; the APB renders the clause "to set the oppressed at liberty."

   Luke 4:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 4:18, the APB presents the clause as "to set the oppressed at liberty." This rendering identifies the verse's setting rather than isolating a precise English equivalent for the term.