Ashar עָשַׁר
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| עָשַׁר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ashar |
| Strong's number | H6238 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to enrich |
| Occurrences | 17 in 17 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (6) |
Ashar (Hebrew עָשַׁר, Strong's H6238) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to enrich”. It occurs 17 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich
1a) (Qal) to be or become rich
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make rich
1b2) to gain riches
1c) (Hithpael) to enrich oneself, pretend to be rich
1a) (Qal) to be or become rich
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make rich
1b2) to gain riches
1c) (Hithpael) to enrich oneself, pretend to be rich
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | rich (13), enrich (2), made (1), enrichest (1), richer (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | rich (2), be rich (2), wealth (1), will give (1), longer be rich (1), grows rich (1), you enrich it (1), bring wealth (1), enriches (1), one pretends to be rich (1), get rich (1), you enriched (1), and 3 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Ashar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 14:23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- 1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
Job
- Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Psalms
- Psalm 49:16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- Psalm 65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Proverbs 13:7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
- Proverbs 21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- Proverbs 23:4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 27:33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
Daniel
- Daniel 11:2And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
Hosea
- Hosea 12:8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Zechariah
- Zechariah 11:5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).