עָשִׁיר
a.shir
“rich”
Definition
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
from H6238 (עָשַׁר);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עָשִׁיר appears 19 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
Folly is appointed to great heights,but the rich sit in lowly positions.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,and with a rich man in His death,although He had done no violence,nor was any deceit in His mouth.
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city,but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
The poor man pleads for mercy,but the rich man answers harshly.
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