Word Study · Strong's H7389 · Hebrew
רֵישׁ
resh
raysh
Strong's 1890 spelling: rêysh
“poverty”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
poverty
Rendered in the KJV as
poverty.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- רֵ֣אשׁ1
- רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ1
- רֵ֣ישׁ1
- רִֽישׁ׃1
- רִישׁ֑וֹ1
- רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ1
- רֵישָֽׁם׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- poverty3
- poverty your2
- poverty his1
- poverty their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
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- HNcmsa · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Proverbs7 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:11רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָreshekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularand poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.here: poverty your
- Proverbs 10:15רֵישָֽׁם׃reishamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.here: poverty their
- Proverbs 13:18רֵ֣ישׁreishnoun · masculine singularPoverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.here: poverty
- Proverbs 24:34רֵישֶׁ֑ךָreishekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularand poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.here: poverty your
- Proverbs 28:19רִֽישׁ׃rishnoun · masculine singularThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.here: poverty
- Proverbs 30:8רֵ֣אשׁreshnoun · masculine singularKeep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.here: poverty
- Proverbs 31:7רִישׁ֑וֹrishonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularLet him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.here: poverty his