Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6223
עָשִׁיר
ashiraw-sheer'
rich
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâshîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6223is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6223
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
The King James renders it: rich (man).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ashir is rendered "rich". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 30:15In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
Exodus 30:15הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- rich7
- a rich6
- the rich2
- and a rich1
- and rich1
- of rich1
- of the rich1
- rich its1
- rich of1
- to a rich1
- to rich1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָשִׁ֖יר3
- עָשִׁ֣יר3
- עָ֭שִׁיר3
- עָשִׁ֑יר2
- עָשִֽׁיר׃2
- הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר1
- הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒1
- וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר1
- וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים1
- לְעָשִׁ֗יר1
- לְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר1
- לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular14HAamsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular2HR/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular2HTd/Aamsa
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HAampc
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HAampc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Aampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular1HRd/Aamsa
Exodus
one use
In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
- הֶֽעָשִׁ֣ירheashirthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the rich
Ruth
one use
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
- עָשִֽׁיר׃ʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
2 Samuel
three uses
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
- עָשִׁ֖ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
- לְעָשִׁ֗ירleashirpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to rich
Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”
- הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒heashirthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the rich
Job
one use
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- עָשִׁ֣ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
Psalms
two uses
The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- עֲשִׁ֣ירֵיʾashireiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rich of
both low and high, rich and poor alike.
- עָשִׁ֥ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
Proverbs
nine uses
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- עָ֭שִׁירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: a rich
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- עָשִׁ֣ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: of rich
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- עָ֭שִׁירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: a rich
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- וְ֝עָשִׁ֗ירveashirconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a rich
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- עָשִׁ֣ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- עָ֭שִׁירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: a rich
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
- לְ֝עָשִׁ֗ירleashirpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to a rich
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- עָשִֽׁיר׃ʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- עָשִׁ֑ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: rich
Ecclesiastes
three uses
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
- לֶֽעָשִׁ֔ירleashirpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: of the rich
Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
- וַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםvaashirimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and rich
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- עָשִׁ֑ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: a rich
Isaiah
one use
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- עָשִׁ֖ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: a rich
Jeremiah
one use
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- עָשִׁ֖ירʾashiradjective · masculine singulartagged: a rich
Micah
one use
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- עֲשִׁירֶ֙יהָ֙ʾashireihaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rich its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.