Word

נֶכֶס

nekeç · H5233 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

riches, wealth, possessions

Objects in one's possession that are considered of value

Examples
Joshua 22:8 and said to them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very many livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”
2 Chronicles 1:11 Then God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor did you even ask for long life, but you asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge so that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,
2 Chronicles 1:12 wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed, nor will those who will come after you.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2
רַבmany, great 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 2 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 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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In the other Testament 2 words

χρῆμα chrēma · G5536 · riches, wealth, abundance: Greek χρῆμα renders Hebrew נֶכֶס in LXX alignment contexts denoting material wealth or possessions, both terms functioning as general vocabulary for riches without register or domain restriction.
ὑπάρχοντα hypárchonta · G5224 · to be: Greek ὑπάρχοντα (hypárchonta, G5224) renders Hebrew נֶכֶס (nekeç, H5233) as its standard translation equivalent for material wealth/possessions, with both terms denoting accumulated property or riches without significant register or scope restriction.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Objects001: The word names riches, wealth, or possessions in general, as goods that can be stored up or carried away, tying the word to material property as a class of tangible object.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נֶכֶסnekeç · H5233נְכַס nᵉkaç · H5232 · goods · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5233. nekes [נֶ֫כֶס] noun masculineJos 22:8 only plural נְכָסִים riches, treasures…

H5233. nekes
[נֶ֫כֶס] noun masculineJos 22:8 only plural נְכָסִים riches, treasures (probably Assyrian or Aramaic loan-word, compare Assyrian nikâsu, property, wealth, gain, DlHWB 463, Syriac wealth; on derivation from Assyrian nikâsu, cut off, hew down, behead, etc., Syriac slay, נְכַס ᵑ7, Late Hebrew נָכַס id., through meaning cattle for slaughter, compare Frä98 HptHebraica.iii (Jan.1887), 107 ff. SchwIdioticon 120f. Brockad voc.); — Jos 22:8 (P), 2Ch 1:11-12, Ecc 6:2 (all || כָּבוֺד עשֶׁר,), Ecc 5:18 (|| עשֶׁר).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Objects5 occurrences

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