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עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr · Hebrew · Strong's H6223 · 23 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rich”
What it means
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
from H6238 (עָשַׁר);
How the KJV renders it
rich
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rich”
also renders ploúsios (G4145), shôwaʻ (H7771)
Where it appears
23 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
2 Samuel 12:1 · HAamsa
Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.
2 Samuel 12:2 · HR/Aamsa
The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
2 Samuel 12:4 · HTd/Aamsa
A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12 · HRd/Aamsa
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 10:6 · HC/Aampa
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 · HAamsa
Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
Exodus 30:15 HTd/AamsaIsaiah 53:9 HAamsaJeremiah 9:23 HAamsaJob 27:19 HAamsaMicah 6:12 HAampc/Sp3fsProverbs 10:15 HAamsaProverbs 14:20 HAamsaProverbs 18:11 HAamsaProverbs 18:23 HC/AamsaProverbs 22:2 HAamsaProverbs 22:7 HAamsaProverbs 22:16 HR/AamsaProverbs 28:6 HAamsaProverbs 28:11 HAamsaPsalm 45:12 HAampcPsalm 49:2 HAamsaRuth 3:10 HAamsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.