Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7326
רוּשׁ
rush · “be poor”
Used 24 times across 5 books
Definition
1) to be poor, be in want, lack
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be poor
1a2) to be in want or hunger
1a3) poor man (subst)
1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be poor
1a2) to be in want or hunger
1a3) poor man (subst)
1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)
Where it appears
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel3
Psalms2
Proverbs16
Ecclesiastes2
In the text
1 Samuel 18:23And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?2 Samuel 12:1And 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 poor.2 Samuel 12:3But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.2 Samuel 12:4And 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 that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.Proverbs 13:7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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