Strong’s H6223 · Hebrew

עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
aw-sheer'

Definition

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

Etymology

from H6238 (עָשַׁר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • rich (man)

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What the first audience heard

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