Word

עֹשֶׁר

ʻôsher · H6239 · Hebrew · 37 occurrences

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Meanings

wealth, riches

State in which humans possess material wealth, which is usually associated with a high status and considered a blessing from God

Examples
Genesis 31:16 “Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has told you.”
1 Samuel 17:25 And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will make the man who kills him wealthy with great riches, and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
1 Kings 3:11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself a long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,

How it’s used In 8 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

9 occurrences in 3 groups

הוּhis 6
הֶםtheir 2
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

7 occurrences in 6 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 2
הָיָהto be, to become 2
הוּאhe, she, it 1
נָצַלto deliver, to rescue 1
רַבmany, great 1
רָבָהto increase 1

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 3
אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1
שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 1

What is done to itIt is the object

10 occurrences in 6 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 4
שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 2
עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
רָאָהto see 1
שָׂבַעto be satiated 1
תָּמַךְto grasp 1

What it is said to bePredicate

5 occurrences in 5 groups

בַּיִתhouse, household 1
פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
שְׂמֹאולleft side 1
נִיme 1
בִּיןto understand, to discern 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 4 groups

יִרְאָהfear 1
כֹּפֶרransom, bribe 1
עֲטָרָהcrown 1
עֵקֶבbecause, reward 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 6
לto/for 3
מִןfrom 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 2
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 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 1 word

πλοῦτος ploûtos · G4149 · wealth, riches, abundance: Greek πλοῦτος renders Hebrew עֹשֶׁר as the standard translation equivalent for material wealth and riches, spanning both literal possessions and figurative abundance.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Rich002001001050: עֹשֶׁר denotes riches or wealth, as in the wealth taken from Laban in Genesis 31:16, the riches promised to the man who kills Goliath in 1 Samuel 17:25, and the riches granted to Solomon in 1 Kings 3:11, 3:13, and 10:23.

Word family 13 words

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

עָשַׁר ʻâshar · H6238 · to be rich, to become rich, to pretend to be rich · 17×עָשָׂר ʻâsâr · H6240 · ten, -teen (in compound numbers) · 337×עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym · H6242 · ten, twenty · 315×עֶשֶׂר ʻeser · H6235 · ten, twenty · 176×עֹשֶׁרʻôsher · H6239עִשָּׂרוֹן ʻissârôwn · H6241 · a tenth (part) · 33×מַעֲשֵׂר maʻăsêr · H4643 · one tenth, tithe · 32×עֲשִׂירִי ʻăsîyrîy · H6224 · tenth, a tenth (part) · 29×עָשִׁיר ʻâshîyr · H6223 · rich person · 23×עָשׂוֹר ʻâsôwr · H6218 · ten, tenth · 16×עָשַׂר ʻâsar · H6237 · to take the tenth, to receive tithes, to give the tenth · 10×עֲשַׂר ʻăsar · H6236 · ten, twelve · 6×עֶשְׂרִין ʻesrîyn · H6243 · twenty · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6239. osher ע֫שֶׁר37 noun masculine1Sa 17:25 riches; — ׳ע absolute Gen 31:6 Gen 31:27t.…

H6239. osher
ע֫שֶׁר37 noun masculine1Sa 17:25 riches; — ׳ע absolute Gen 31:6 Gen 31:27t. construct Est 1:4; suffix עָשְׁרוֺ Jer 9:22 Jer 9:5t., עָשְׁרָם Psa 49:7; Pro 14:24; + (or ||) כָּבוֺד1Ki 3:13; Pro 3:16 Pro 3:9t.; ע ׳עָשָׂה Jer 17:11, compare English 'make money.'

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Rich37 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