רוּשׁ rush

Hebrew word for “be poor” · Strong’s H7326 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) to be poor, be in want, lack;

How it is translated

Glosses given for rush in context, with how often each is used:

• poor person 11
• poor 8
• belonged to the poor man 1
• want 1
• one who impoverishes himself 1
• poor people 1
• over poor people 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 12 (3), Proverbs 13 (3), Proverbs 19 (3), Proverbs 28 (3), Proverbs 22 (2), 1 Samuel 18 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 82 (1), Proverbs 10 (1), Proverbs 14 (1)

Forms

• רשׁ 11
• ורשׁ 3
• ראשׁ 2
• לרשׁ 2
• ולרשׁ 1
• הראשׁ 1
• רשׁו 1
• מתרושׁשׁ 1
• ראשׁים 1
• ברשׁים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rush more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עָשִׁיר ashir “rich” 7
• כִּבְשָׂה kivsah “ewe-lamb” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 4
• עִקֵּשׁ iqqesh “twisted” 2
• פָּגַשׁ pagash “to meet” 2
• עָשַׁר ashar “to enrich” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 4
• תֹּם tom “integrity” 2
• דַּל dal “poor” 2
• רַב rav “many” 3
• יֵשׁ yesh “there” 2
• שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 2

Key verses

The verses using rush that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Samuel 12:1 — And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
• Psalms 34:10 — The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
• Psalms 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
• Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 13:7 — There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
• Proverbs 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
• Proverbs 18:23 — The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
• Proverbs 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Proverbs 19:7 — All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
• Proverbs 19:22 — The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
• Proverbs 28:27 — He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than…

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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.