osher · wealth

What it means

osher (עֹשֶׁר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wealth”.

Riches.

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. Many goods and much money; what makes someone rich.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• riches ×36
• wealth ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×6
• Esther×2
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×9
• Ecclesiastes×6
• Jeremiah×2
• Daniel×2

• Genesis 31:16

  Indeed, all the wealth that Elohim has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now, whatever Elohim has told you, do.”

• 1 Samuel 17:25

  The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely to reproach Israel he comes up. And it will be that the man who strikes him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make the house of his father free in Israel.”

• 1 Kings 3:11

  And Elohim said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself many days, and have not asked for yourself riches, and have not asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to hear justice,

• 1 Kings 3:13

  And also what you have not asked I have given you, both riches and glory, so that there shall not be any man like you among the kings all your days.

• 1 Kings 10:23

  And King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

• 1 Chronicles 29:12

  Riches and glory come from before you, and you rule over all; in your hand are strength and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to strengthen all.

• 1 Chronicles 29:28

  He died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 1:11

  Elohim said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, possessions, or glory, or the life of those who hate you, and you did not even ask for many days, but you asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge so that you may judge my people over whom I have made you king,

• 2 Chronicles 1:12

  the wisdom and the knowledge are given to you; and riches, possessions, and glory I will give you, such as the kings who were before you did not have, and after you none will have the like.”

• 2 Chronicles 9:22

  King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

• 2 Chronicles 17:5

  YHWH established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave tribute to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and glory in abundance.

• 2 Chronicles 18:1

  Jehoshaphat had riches and glory in abundance, and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.

• 2 Chronicles 32:27

  Hezekiah had very great riches and glory; and he made treasuries for himself for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable objects;

• Esther 1:4

  while he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom and the honor of the splendor of his greatness for many days, a hundred and eighty days.

• Esther 5:11

  And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches and the abundance of his sons, and all the ways in which the king had made him great and how he had exalted him above the officials and the servants of the king.

• Psalms 49:6

  those who trust in their wealth and of the abundance of their riches boast?

• Psalms 52:7

  “Look at the man who would not make Elohim his stronghold, and trusted in the abundance of his riches; he grew strong in his calamity.”

• Psalms 112:3

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

• Proverbs 3:16

  Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand, riches and honor.

• Proverbs 8:18

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

• Proverbs 11:16

  A gracious woman holds fast to honor, and tyrants hold fast to riches.

• Proverbs 11:28

  Whoever trusts in his riches, he will fall, but like foliage the righteous will flourish.

• Proverbs 13:8

  The ransom of the soul of a man is his riches, but the poor does not hear a threat.

• Proverbs 14:24

  The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the senseless is folly.

• Proverbs 22:1

  A name is more to be chosen than great riches; better than silver and gold is good favor.

• Proverbs 22:4

  The reward of humility and the fear of YHWH is riches, honor, and life.

• Proverbs 30:8

  falsehood and a word of lies keep far from me; poverty and riches do not give me; feed me with the bread of my portion,

• Ecclesiastes 4:8

  There is one, and no second; he has neither son nor brother, and there is no end to all his toil; also his eye is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving my soul of good?” This too is vapor, and it is a bad occupation.

• Ecclesiastes 5:13

  There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his harm,

• Ecclesiastes 5:14

  and those riches are lost in a bad occupation, and he fathers a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

• Ecclesiastes 5:19

  Also, every human being to whom Elohim has given riches and possessions and has given him power to eat from them and to take his portion and to rejoice in his toil — this is the gift of Elohim.

• Ecclesiastes 6:2

  a man to whom Elohim gives riches and possessions and honor, and he is not lacking for his soul anything of all that he desires; but Elohim does not give him power to eat from it, for a foreigner eats it. This is vapor and a bad sickness.

• Ecclesiastes 9:11

  I turned and saw under the sun that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty men the war, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the discerning riches, nor even to those who know favor, for time and occurrence befall them all.

• 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;

• Jeremiah 17:11

  A partridge that hatches what it did not lay is the one who makes riches and not by justice; in the middle of his days he will leave it, and at his end he will be a fool.

• Daniel 11:2

  And now I will declare to you truth. Look, three more kings will stand up in Persia, and the fourth will gain great riches more than all; and when he is strong through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Javan.

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