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Strong's #6223 - עָשִׁיר
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- adj
- rich, wealthy
- n
- the rich, the wealthy, rich man
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2585) rso (אהסהר AhShR) AC: Rich CO: Riches AB: ?: [from: sa- as one who presses]
V) rso (אהסהר AhShR) - Rich: To be wealthy. KJV (17): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael) rich, enrich - Strongs: H6238 (עָשַׁר)
Nm) rso (אהסהר AhShR) - Riches: The possessions that make one wealthy. KJV (37): riches, far - Strongs: H6239 (עשֶׁר)
bm) riso (אהסהיר AhShYR) - Rich: One who is wealthy. KJV (23): rich - Strongs: H6223 (עָשִׁיר)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun rich; — absolute ׳ע Exodus 30:15 19t.; plural absolute עֲשִׁירִים Ecclesiastes 10:6; construct עֲשִׁירֵי Psalm 45:13; suffix עֲשִׁירֶיהָ Micah 6:12; —
adjective masculine 2 Samuel 12:1,4 (opposed to רָאשׁ), Ruth 3:10 (opposed to רַּל); usually
noun masculine the rich, opposed to רַּל, Proverbs 10:15 3t.; opposed to רָשׁ 2 Samuel 12:2; Proverbs 14:20 4t.; opposed to אֶבְיוֺן Psalm 49:3; alone Jeremiah 9:22; Micah 6:12 5t., + עֲשִׁירֵי עָם Psalm 45:13; ׳ע Isaiah 53:9 is probably corrupt, compare "" רְשָׁעִים; Bö Ry Di-Kit עשֵֹׁי רַע; Krochm Gr Che Hpt conjecture רְשָׁעִים for ׳ע and מּשְׁעִים for ׳ר.
עָשִׁיר m. (from the root עָשַׁר), rich, Proverbs 10:15, 14:20 18:11, and frequently.
(a) in a good sense, honourable, noble, Ecclesiastes 10:6 but
(b) in a bad sense, haughty, impious, inasmuch as riches are the fountain of pride, and pride is used in Hebrew as equivalent to impiety, Isaiah 53:9, compare Job 27:19, and verse 13 Job 27:13. See also הוֹלְלִים (under the word הָלַל No. 3), עָנָו and עָנִי, and interpreters on Isaiah 2:7, 53:9 Matthew 19:23.