עֹשֶׁר
ʻôsher · o'-sher
wealth
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6238 (עָשַׁר);
wealth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] far (richer), riches.
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 עֹשֶׁר 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- riches12 · 32%
- both riches2 · 5%
- of his riches2 · 5%
- in his riches2 · 5%
- for all the riches1 · 3%
- for riches1 · 3%
- thee riches1 · 3%
- in riches1 · 3%
- and he had riches1 · 3%
- had riches1 · 3%
- the riches1 · 3%
- of their riches1 · 3%
- and riches1 · 3%
- are his riches1 · 3%
- is their riches1 · 3%
- are riches1 · 3%
- nor riches1 · 3%
- with riches1 · 3%
- namely, riches1 · 3%
- but those riches1 · 3%
- nor yet riches1 · 3%
- shall be far1 · 3%
- through his riches1 · 3%
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.