עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr · aw-sheer'
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6238 (עָשַׁר);
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rich (man).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשִׁיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the rich6 · 26%
- rich2 · 9%
- the rich man's2 · 9%
- but the rich2 · 9%
- or rich1 · 4%
- unto the rich1 · 4%
- even the rich1 · 4%
- to the rich1 · 4%
- though he be rich1 · 4%
- of the rich1 · 4%
- and the rich1 · 4%
- not the rich1 · 4%
- and with the rich1 · 4%
- let not the rich1 · 4%
- for the rich men1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.