Strong's Hebrew · H6238
H6238 ʻâshar
עָשַׁר
aw-shar'
to enrich
ʻâshar appears 17 times in Scripture, including Genesis 14:23 and 1 Samuel 2:7. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
In the King James Version
be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See H6240 (עָשָׂר).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 17 times in Scripture
“One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”
“The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.”
“that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’”
“And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.””
“Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.”
“Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.””
“Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.”
“You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.”
“He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.”
“The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
