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Proverbs 8:18
“Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֹשֶׁרʻôsher · o'-sher
H6239 · Hebrew
H6239 · Hebrew
- Definition
- wealth
- Derivation
- from H6238 (עָשַׁר);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] far (richer), riches.
- Grammar
- עֹֽשֶׁר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:161 Samuel 17:251 Kings 3:111 Kings 3:131 Kings 10:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֹשֶׁר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.