עָשַׁר
ʻâshar · aw-shar'
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
- properly, to accumulate
- chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See H6240 (עָשָׂר).
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
- 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 head, the highest
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשַׁר 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i have made1 · 6%
- rich1 · 6%
- and maketh rich1 · 6%
- will enrich1 · 6%
- he shall not be rich1 · 6%
- is made rich1 · 6%
- enrichest1 · 6%
- maketh rich1 · 6%
- it maketh rich1 · 6%
- that maketh himself rich1 · 6%
- shall not be rich1 · 6%
- not to be rich1 · 6%
- to be rich1 · 6%
- and waxen rich1 · 6%
- thou didst enrich1 · 6%
- richer1 · 6%
- yet i am become rich1 · 6%
- for i am rich1 · 6%
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.