רְכוּשׁ
rᵉkûwsh · rek-oosh'
property (as gathered)
Lexicon
Derivation: or רְכֻשׁ; from passive participle of H7408 (רָכַשׁ);
property (as gathered)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: good, riches, substance.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְכוּשׁ 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- all the goods2 · 7%
- and his goods2 · 7%
- substance2 · 7%
- riches2 · 7%
- and all their substance1 · 4%
- for their substance1 · 4%
- the goods1 · 4%
- and all his goods1 · 4%
- for their riches1 · 4%
- and their goods1 · 4%
- and all their goods1 · 4%
- and for their goods1 · 4%
- of the substance1 · 4%
- over all the substance1 · 4%
- both riches1 · 4%
- and all thy goods1 · 4%
- all the substance1 · 4%
- of his substance1 · 4%
- him substance1 · 4%
- and with goods1 · 4%
- with goods1 · 4%
- and for all our substance1 · 4%
- all his substance1 · 4%
- and riches1 · 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.