רֵישׁ
rêysh · raysh
poverty
Lexicon
Derivation: or רֵאשׁ; or רִישׁ; from H7326 (רוּשׁ);
poverty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: poverty.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
The head, the highest of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֵישׁ 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- so shall thy poverty2 · 29%
- is their poverty1 · 14%
- poverty1 · 14%
- persons shall have poverty enough1 · 14%
- me neither poverty1 · 14%
- his poverty1 · 14%
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.