Hebrew verb · H6238
עָשַׁר
asharaw-shar'
to enrich
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâshar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6238is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6238
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
The King James renders it: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See H6240 (עָשָׂר).
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
ashar is rendered "to enrich". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:23that 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.’
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
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.’
Genesis 14:23הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּי
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
- to gain riches2
- and making rich1
- and they have gained riches1
- enriches himself1
- he will be rich1
- he will become rich1
- he will gain riches1
- he will gain wealth1
- he will make rich him1
- I have become rich1
- I made rich1
- it gains riches1
and 4 more, 17 uses in all
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.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 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
- הֶעֱשַׁ֖רְתְּ1
- הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּי1
- וַאעְשִׁ֑ר1
- וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃1
- וּמַעֲשִׁ֑יר1
- יַעֲשִׁ֤יר1
- יַעֲשִֽׁיר׃1
- יֶ֭עְשַׁר1
- יַעֲשִׁ֣ר1
- יַעְשְׁרֶ֥נּוּ1
- לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר1
- לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗יר1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhi3ms
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVhi3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vhrmsa
- HC/Vhu1cs1HC/Vhu1cs
- Hc/Vhw3mp1Hc/Vhw3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVhi2ms/Sp3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhi3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhp1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVhp2fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
Genesis
one use
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.’
- הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּיheeshartiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I made rich
1 Samuel
two uses
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- וּמַעֲשִׁ֑ירumaashirconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and making rich
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.”
- יַעְשְׁרֶ֥נּוּya'sherenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make rich him
Job
one use
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
- יֶ֭עְשַׁרye'sharverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be rich
Psalms
two uses
Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- יַעֲשִׁ֣רyaashirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will become rich
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.
- תַּעְשְׁרֶ֗נָּהta'sherenahverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you make rich it
Proverbs
six uses
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- תַּעֲשִֽׁיר׃taashirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it gains riches
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- תַעֲשִׁ֑ירtaashirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it makes rich
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
- מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁרmitasherverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: enriches himself
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
- יַעֲשִֽׁיר׃yaashirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will gain riches
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירlehaashirpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gain riches
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- לְ֝הַעֲשִׁ֗ירlehaashirpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gain riches
Jeremiah
one use
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃vaiyaashiruHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they have gained riches
Ezekiel
one use
When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
- הֶעֱשַׁ֖רְתְּheeshartverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you made rich
Daniel
one use
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.
- יַעֲשִׁ֤ירyaashirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will gain wealth
Hosea
one use
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.”
- עָשַׁ֔רְתִּיʾashartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become rich
Zechariah
one use
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.
- וַאעְשִׁ֑רva'shirHC/Vhu1cstagged: so I may gain riches
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.