hon · wealth

What it means

hon (הוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wealth”.

Goods, possessions; also "enough". "Without wealth" means "for nothing, without pay".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What someone owns in money, land and livestock; his fortune.
2. A word to say that it is enough, that no more is wanted.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wealth ×22
• Enough ×2
• nothing ×1
• riches ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×18
• Song of Songs×1
• Ezekiel×4

• Psalms 44:12

  You sell your people for nothing, and you have not gained by their price.

• Psalms 112:3

  Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

• Psalms 119:14

  In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced as over all wealth.

• Proverbs 1:13

  all kinds of precious wealth we will find; we will fill our houses with plunder;

• Proverbs 3:9

  Honor YHWH with your wealth, and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

• Proverbs 6:31

  but if he is caught, he will repay sevenfold; he will give all the wealth of his house.

• Proverbs 8:18

  Riches and honor are with me, lasting wealth and righteousness.

• Proverbs 10:15

  The wealth of the rich man is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

• Proverbs 11:4

  Wealth does not profit in the day of fury, but righteousness delivers from death.

• Proverbs 12:27

  Slackness does not roast its game, but the precious wealth of a man is the diligent one.

• Proverbs 13:7

  There is one who makes himself rich, and has nothing at all; one who makes himself poor, and has great wealth.

• Proverbs 13:11

  Wealth gained by vapor dwindles, but whoever gathers by hand increases it.

• Proverbs 18:11

  The wealth of the rich is his strong city, and like a wall set on high in his imagination.

• Proverbs 19:4

  Wealth adds many companions, but the poor man is separated from his companion.

• Proverbs 19:14

  House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but from YHWH comes a prudent wife.

• Proverbs 24:4

  and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant wealth.

• Proverbs 28:8

  Whoever increases his wealth by interest and usury gathers it for one who is gracious to the poor.

• Proverbs 28:22

  A man evil of eye hurries after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.

• Proverbs 29:3

  A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders wealth.

• Proverbs 30:15

  The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” Three things there are that are not satisfied; four that do not say, “Enough”:

• Proverbs 30:16

  Sheol, and the closed womb, the earth not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, “Enough.”

• Song of Songs 8:7

  Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers flood it; if a man gave all the wealth of his house for love, with contempt they would despise him.

• Ezekiel 27:12

  Tarshish was your merchant because of the abundance of all wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 27:18

  Damascus was your merchant in the abundance of your works, because of the abundance of all wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.

• Ezekiel 27:27

  Your wealth and your wares, your exchange, your sailors and your pilots, those who repair your cracks, and those who carry on your exchange, and all your men of war who are in you, and all your assembly that is in your midst, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.

• Ezekiel 27:33

  When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your riches and your exchange you enriched the kings of the earth.