Hebrew verb · H7326
רוּשׁ
rushroosh
be poor
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rûwsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7326is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7326
to be destitute
The King James renders it: lack, needy, (make self) poor (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
rush is rendered "be poor". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 18:23But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
1 Samuel 18:23רָ֥שׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Sixteen of the word's twenty-four uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a poor8
- poor5
- and poor2
- to the poor2
- a poor person1
- and a poor1
- and to the poor1
- impoverishes himself1
- over poor1
- the poor1
- they are in want1
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 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 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
- רָ֭שׁ3
- וָרָ֣שׁ2
- לָ֭רָשׁ2
- רָ֑שׁ2
- בְּרָשִׁ֣ים1
- הָרָ֔אשׁ1
- וְלָרָ֣שׁ1
- וְ֝רָ֗שׁ1
- מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁ1
- רָ֗אשׁ1
- רָֽאשׁ׃1
- רָאשִׁ֑ים1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular13HVqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular3HC/Vqrmsa
- preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HRd/Vqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Vqrmsa
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HR/Vqrmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singular1HVtrmsa
1 Samuel
one use
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
- רָ֥שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: poor
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.
- רָֽאשׁ׃rashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: poor
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- וְלָרָ֣שׁvelarashconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and to the poor
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.”
- הָרָ֔אשׁharashthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the poor
Psalms
two uses
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- רָשׁ֣וּrashuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are in want
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- וָרָ֣שׁvarashconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and poor
Proverbs
sixteen uses
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- רָ֗אשׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: poor
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
- מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁmitrosheshverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: impoverishes himself
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
- וְ֝רָ֗שׁverashconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a poor
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
- רָאשִׁ֑יםrashimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: poor
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- רָ֑שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- לָ֭רָשׁlaroshpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: to the poor
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- רָ֑שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- רָ֭שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- רָ֨שׁ׀rashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- רָ֝שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- וָרָ֣שׁvarashconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and poor
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- בְּרָשִׁ֣יםberashimpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: over poor
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- רָ֭שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: poor
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- רָ֭שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
- לָ֭רָשׁlaroshpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: to the poor
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
- רָ֤שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
Ecclesiastes
two uses
For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
- רָֽשׁ׃rashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- רָ֠שׁrashverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a poor person
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.