ashir · rich

What it means

ashir (עָשִׁיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rich”.

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. Someone with much money.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Ruth×1
• 2 Samuel×3
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×9
• Ecclesiastes×3
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Micah×1

• Exodus 30:15

  The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when giving the contribution of YHWH to make expiation for your lives.

• Ruth 3:10

  And he said, “Blessed be you by YHWH, my daughter. You have made your last loyal love better than the first, by not going after the young men, whether poor or rich.

• 2 Samuel 12:1

  YHWH sent Nathan to David; he came to him and said to him, “There were two men in one city, one rich and one poor.

• 2 Samuel 12:2

  The rich man had flocks and herds, very many;

• 2 Samuel 12:4

  A traveler came to the rich man, and he was loath to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare a meal for the wayfarer who had come to him; so he took the ewe lamb of the poor man and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

• Job 27:19

  He lies down rich, but will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is gone.

• Psalms 45:12

  And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich of the people will seek your favor.

• Psalms 49:2

  both human beings and sons of man, together rich and needy.

• Proverbs 10:15

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

• Proverbs 14:20

  Even by his neighbor the poor is hated, but many are those who love the rich.

• Proverbs 18:11

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

• Proverbs 18:23

  The poor speaks pleas for mercy, but the rich answers harshly.

• Proverbs 22:2

  The rich and the poor meet together; the Maker of them all is YHWH.

• Proverbs 22:7

  The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the man who lends.

• Proverbs 22:16

  Whoever oppresses the poor to increase what is his, and whoever gives to the rich, comes only to want.

• Proverbs 28:6

  Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one crooked in two ways, even though he is rich.

• Proverbs 28:11

  A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who understands searches him out.

• Ecclesiastes 5:12

  Sweet is the sleep of the one who works, whether little or much he eats; but the fullness of the rich does not let him sleep.

• Ecclesiastes 10:6

  witlessness is set in many heights, and the rich sit in a low place.

• Ecclesiastes 10:20

  Even in your thought do not curse the king, and in the chambers of your bed do not curse the rich, for a bird of the sky will carry the voice, and the owner of wings will tell the matter.

• Isaiah 53:9

  And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was there deceit in his mouth.

• Jeremiah 9:23

  Thus says YHWH: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not the rich man boast in his riches;

• Micah 6:12

  For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.