חֹסֶן
chôçen · H2633 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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treasure
Valuable objects in a person's possession
ExamplesProverbs 15:6 Great wealth is in the house of the righteous, But trouble is in the income of the wicked.
Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Isaiah 33:6 And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְשׁוּעָהsalvation, deliverance 1
- עִירcity, town 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבmany, great 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עוֹלָםforever 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- עֹשֶׁר ʻôsher · H6239 · wealth, riches
- The most common Hebrew term for riches/wealth; overlaps directly with the 'riches' sense of חֹסֶן and could substitute in contexts denoting material wealth.
- אוֹצָר ʼôwtsâr · H214 · treasure, storehouse, treasury
- Common Hebrew term for treasure/storehouse that parallels the 'treasure' sense of חֹסֶן; both denote accumulated wealth or valuable stores.
- חַיִל chayil · H2428 · substance, great
- Hebrew term with dual sense of strength and wealth, overlapping both the 'strength' and 'riches' aspects of חֹסֶן in contexts denoting resources or power.
Contrasting words 2 words
- רֵישׁ rêysh · H7389 · poverty
- Standard Hebrew term for poverty, the direct lexical opposite of the 'riches' sense of חֹסֶן.
- מַחְסוֹר machçôwr · H4270 · lack, scarcity, need
- Hebrew term for lack or want, the opposite of the abundance/wealth connotation of חֹסֶן.
In the other Testament 2 words
- πλοῦτος ploûtos · G4149 · wealth, riches, abundance
- Greek term for riches/wealth that directly parallels the 'riches, treasure' sense of חֹסֶן; standard translation equivalent in LXX for Hebrew wealth terminology.
- θησαυρός thēsaurós · G2344 · storeroom, treasure room, money box
- Greek term for treasure/storehouse that corresponds to the 'treasure' sense of חֹסֶן; common LXX equivalent for Hebrew treasure vocabulary.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Objects001
- The word denotes riches, treasure, or wealth as accumulated physical possessions, as in Proverbs 15:6's and 27:24's references to wealth in a household.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2633. chosen חֹ֫סֶן noun masculinePro 15:6 wealth, treasure (on relation to √ meaning…
חֹ֫סֶן noun masculinePro 15:6 wealth, treasure (on relation to √ meaning compare חַיִל) — ׳ח absolute Pro 15:6 Pro 15:2t.; construct Isa 33:6; Jer 20:5; — wealth, treasure, of individuals Pro 15:6 (׳ח רַב, opposed to נֶעְכָּ֑רֶת), Pro 27:24 (|| נֵזֶר), Eze 22:25 (|| יְקָר); of city ׳ח הַזּאֹת הָעִיר Jer 20:5 (|| אוֺצָרוֺת יְקָר, יְגִיעַ,); in transf. sense ׳ח יְשׁוּעֹת, wealth (or abundance VB) of salvations, ׳ח ׳יְשׁ י יִרְאַת וָדָ֑עַת ׳חָכְמַת אוֺצָרוֺ הִיא Isa 33:6 and stability of thy times shall be abundance of salvations (help, deliverances), etc.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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