Strong H6238עָשַׁר

to enrich

Transliteration: ‛âshar
Pronunciation: aw-shar'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; properly to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively make) rich : - be ({-come} {en-} {make} make {self} wax) {rich} make [H1 Kings H22 : H48 margin]. See H6240 .

Detailed definition

1) to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich
1a) (Qal) to be or become rich
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make rich
1b2) to gain riches
1c) (Hithpael) to enrich oneself, pretend to be rich

In the Bible

Strong H6238 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

be5
maketh4
make2
enrich2
become1
enrichest1
rich1
richer1
waxen1

First verses

Genesis 14:23
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
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 will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
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 provided for it.
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 13:7
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Proverbs 21:17
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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.
Ezekiel 27:33
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
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 strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
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 not.

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