עָשַׁר ashar
Hebrew word for “to enrich” · Strong’s H6238 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ashar in context, with how often each is used:
- made rich 2
- gain riches 2
- making rich 1
- will make rich 1
- will be rich 1
- will become rich 1
- make rich 1
- gains riches 1
- makes rich 1
- one who enriches himself 1
- will gain riches 1
- have gained riches 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 6 | 0.9 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 10 (2), Genesis 14 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 1 Samuel 17 (1), Job 15 (1), Psalms 49 (1), Psalms 65 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 21 (1), Proverbs 23 (1)
Forms
- יעשׁר 2
- תעשׁיר 2
- יעשׁיר 2
- להעשׁיר 2
- העשׁרתי 1
- ומעשׁיר 1
- יעשׁרנו 1
- תעשׁרנה 1
- מתעשׁר 1
- ויעשׁירו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ashar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רַב rav “many” 4
- רוּשׁ rush “be poor” 2
- הוֹן hon “substance” 2
- עֹשֶׁר osher “riches” 2
- בְּרָכָה berakhah “blessing” 2
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 2
- אַל al “not” 2
- כֵּן ken “so” 2
Key verses
The verses using ashar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 — And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king…
- Psalms 49:16 — Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
- Psalms 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so…
- Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- Proverbs 23:4 — Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
- Proverbs 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
- Jeremiah 5:27 — As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
- Daniel 11:2 — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his…
- Hosea 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Zechariah 11:5 — Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them…
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.