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H6223עָשִׁיר ʻâshîyr — rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)G4145πλούσιος ploúsios — wealthyG4149πλοῦτος ploûtos — wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money,
possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially),
valuable bestowmentH6239עֹשֶׁר ʻôsher — wealthH7399רְכוּשׁ rᵉkûwsh — property (as gathered)G5536χρῆμα chrēma — something useful or needed, i.e. wealth, price
Verses(5+)
- VerseProverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- VerseLuke 21:1Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
- VerseProverbs 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- VerseProverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- Verse2 Samuel 12:2The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
People(5+)
- PersonThe Samaritan WomanThe woman at Jacob's well to whom Jesus revealed living water and declared Himself Messiah; her testimony brought a Samaritan town to faith (John 4).
- PersonPaul the ApostleFirst-century apostle to the Gentiles; former Pharisee turned missionary and author of a significant portion of the New Testament.
- PersonJohn the ApostleJohn the son of Zebedee — the "disciple whom Jesus loved," eyewitness and named author of the Fourth Gospel (John 21:24).
- PersonJohn the BaptistThe forerunner sent to bear witness to the light; he hailed Jesus as "the Lamb of God" and said "He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 1:29; 3:30).
- PersonHeman the EzrahiteA Levitical singer of the Korahite guild, named in the superscription of the somber Ps 88.
Places(5+)
- PlaceThe TempleThe house of the LORD in Jerusalem — Solomon's temple and the Second Temple — the place the Psalms long to enter and praise God (Ps 84; 122).
- PlaceBethany beyond the JordanThe place across the Jordan where John was baptizing and bore witness to Jesus, and where Jesus later withdrew (John 1:28; 10:40).
- PlaceBeershebaThe well and altar of oath — the southern anchor of the patriarchal land.
- PlacePenielThe ford of the Jabbok where Jacob wrestled God 'face to face' (Gen 32:30).
- PlaceGethsemaneOlive garden across the Kidron at the foot of the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed in agony, "not my will, but thine," and was betrayed with a kiss.
Manuscripts(5+)
- ManuscriptThe Leningrad CodexThe oldest complete Hebrew Bible that survived in one piece — and the book almost every modern Old Testament is translated from.
- ManuscriptThe Nash PapyrusA scrap of Egyptian papyrus carrying the Ten Commandments and the Shema — the oldest Hebrew Bible text known until the Dead Sea Scrolls turned up.
- ManuscriptThe Samaritan PentateuchThe first five books, kept by a community that split from Judaism long ago, in their own alphabet — and differing from the Jewish text in thousands of places.
- ManuscriptThe Cairo Geniza FragmentsA synagogue storeroom in Old Cairo that nobody emptied for nine hundred years — and roughly 200,000 pieces of writing came out of it.
- ManuscriptThe Crosby–Schøyen CodexOne of the oldest bound books in the world — an Egyptian Christian's reader, in Coptic, with 1 Peter and Jonah inside.
Events(5)
- EventGiving of the Law at SinaiThe covenant and law-giving at Mount Sinai following the Exodus; Israel receives the Ten Commandments and the broader Torah.
- EventCrucifixion of ChristThe public execution of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman crucifixion in Jerusalem under Pontius Pilate — the central event of the Christian faith.
- EventExodus from EgyptThe departure of Israel from Egyptian bondage under the leadership of Moses, foundational to Israel's self-understanding in the Hebrew Bible.
- EventDavid's Coronation at HebronDavid's anointing as king — first over the tribe of Judah at Hebron (c. 1010 BCE), then over all Israel (c. 1003 BCE).
- EventBabylonian Exile (586 BCE)The Neo-Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, and the resulting deportation of most of Judah's population — the central trauma of the Hebrew Bible.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH6223 עָשִׁיר · ʻâshîyr (Hebrew)rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
- WordG4145 πλούσιος · ploúsios (Greek)wealthy
- WordG4149 πλοῦτος · ploûtos (Greek)wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable bestowment
- WordH6239 עֹשֶׁר · ʻôsher (Hebrew)wealth
- WordH7399 רְכוּשׁ · rᵉkûwsh (Hebrew)property (as gathered)
Concepts(5+)
- ConceptThe LambFrom Abraham's "God will provide himself a lamb" to the Lamb standing as slain in heaven — the Bible's longest single image.
- ConceptThe SerpentThe adversary of Genesis 3, identified by name in Revelation 12 — "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan."
- ConceptThe Abrahamic CovenantLand, seed, and blessing sworn to one man — unconditional, and the root every later promise grows from.
- ConceptThe Davidic CovenantA house, a kingdom, and a throne established forever — the promise that makes a coming King inevitable.
- ConceptThe New CovenantLaw written on hearts, sins remembered no more — promised to Israel by Jeremiah, ratified in a cup on the night of betrayal.
Themes(5+)
- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- ThemeHolinessHoliness begins as a claim about God before it becomes a summons to His people. The Hebrew *qadosh* carries a double sense — "set apart" and "whole, intact" — and Leviticus…
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Prophecies(5+)
- ProphecyThe Massacre of InnocentsRachel's weeping foreshadowed the slaughter of children connected to the Messiah's birth.
- ProphecyThe Medo-Persian Dual EmpireDaniel described the Medo-Persian Empire as a ram with two horns, one higher than the other, with the higher arising last—and predicted its expansion westward, northward, and…
- ProphecyTyre's Riches Thrown into the SeaTyre's building materials would be thrown into the sea.
- ProphecyIsrael Regathered to the LandIsrael would be regathered from worldwide dispersion a second time.
- ProphecyFrom the Tribe of JudahJacob's blessing narrowed the messianic line to the tribe of Judah. The sceptre (kingship) would remain with Judah until 'Shiloh' (the Messiah) came.
Apologetics(5+)
- ApologeticsThe 153 Fish of John 21John 21:11 counts the resurrection catch at exactly 153 large fish. Richard Bauckham's 2002 study points to Ezekiel 47:10, where the healed Dead Sea teems with fish from…
- ApologeticsThe Cyrus CylinderThe Cyrus Cylinder (539 BC), recovered in Babylon in 1879, records Cyrus restoring the gods and populations of cities his predecessors had deported - the imperial pattern the…
- ApologeticsThe Nazareth InscriptionA Greek imperial edict against disturbing tombs, obtained from Nazareth in 1878 and dated to the early imperial period. Recent isotopic work complicates the once-confident…
- ApologeticsThe Contingency Argument (Leibniz)Leibniz asked in 1697 why there is something rather than nothing, and answered that no chain of contingent things can supply its own explanation — the series must terminate in…
- ApologeticsThe Kalam Cosmological ArgumentIn 2003 Arvind Borde, Alan Guth and Alexander Vilenkin proved that any universe expanding on average cannot be extended infinitely into the past — it has a boundary. The Kalam…
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Authors(5+)
- AuthorDidymus the BlindDidymus lost his sight at four years old, before he had learned to read. He never read a page in his life. He learned Scripture by having it read aloud to him, and he learned…
- AuthorJohn of the CrossJuan de Yepes y Álvarez was born in 1542 at Fontiveros, a village near Ávila in Castile. His father came from a family of silk merchants, married beneath his class, and was…
- AuthorAphrahat the Persian SageAphrahat lived and wrote in the Persian Empire, outside Roman territory, in the first half of the fourth century. He wrote in Syriac. He seems never to have read a word of…
- AuthorRichard SibbesRichard Sibbes was a wheelwright's son who went up to Cambridge, and he never really left that world: he was a lecturer at Holy Trinity, master of St Catharine's Hall, and…
- AuthorSyncletica of AlexandriaSyncletica was born at Alexandria, probably late in the third century, to Macedonian parents who had settled in Egypt and grown rich. She died about 350, in her eighties. Her…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 13:20As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.
- Study resourceSirach 13:19As the wild ass is the lion’s prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.
- Study resourceSirach 10:22Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.
- Study resourceSirach 31:1Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
- Study resourceSirach 10:30The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.