Strong's Hebrew · H6238

עָשַׁר

ʻâshar · aw-shar'

be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See H6240 (עָשָׂר).

Definition

properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Proverbs 13:7

One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

1 Samuel 2:7

The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

Genesis 14:23

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.’

Hosea 12:8

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.”

Psalms 49:16

Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

1 Samuel 17:25

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.”

Proverbs 10:4

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Psalms 65:9

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.

Job 15:29

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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