# עָשִׁיר (ashir)

Israeli respelling: a-shir. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6223. 23 Old Testament occurrences.

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

King James renderings: rich (man).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ashir-h6223

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 30:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/15) — The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an ato…
- [Ruth 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/3/10) — And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch…
- [2 Samuel 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/1) — And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other p…
- [2 Samuel 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/2) — The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
- [2 Samuel 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/4) — And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man th…
- [Job 27:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/19) — The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
- [Psalms 45:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/45/12) — And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
- [Psalms 49:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/2) — Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
- [Proverbs 10:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/15) — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- [Proverbs 14:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/20) — The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
- [Proverbs 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/11) — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- [Proverbs 18:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/23) — The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
- [Proverbs 22:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/2) — The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
- [Proverbs 22:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/7) — The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- [Proverbs 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/16) — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
- [Proverbs 28:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/6) — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- [Proverbs 28:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/11) — The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
- [Ecclesiastes 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/12) — The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
- [Ecclesiastes 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/6) — Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
- [Ecclesiastes 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/20) — Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that…
- [Isaiah 53:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/53/9) — And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
- [Jeremiah 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/23) — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in…
- [Micah 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/6/12) — For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.