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Lexicon :: Strong's H7326 - rûš

Aa
רוּשׁ
Transliteration
rûš
Pronunciation
roosh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2138

Strong’s Definitions

רוּשׁ rûwsh, roosh; a primitive root; to be destitute:—lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H7326 in the following manner: poor (19x), poor man (3x), lack (1x), needy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H7326 in the following manner: poor (19x), poor man (3x), lack (1x), needy (1x).

  1. to be poor, be in want, lack

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be poor

      2. to be in want or hunger

      3. poor man (subst)

    2. (Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רוּשׁ rûwsh, roosh; a primitive root; to be destitute:—lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
STRONGS H7326: Abbreviations
[רוּשׁ or רִישׁ] 24 verb be in want, poor (related to ירשׁ [compare Qal 3, Niph. Hiph. 3]? so Thes); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵ֑בוּ Psalm 34:11 young lions are in want and hunger; elsewhere Participle רָשׁ 1 Samuel 18:23 + 16 times, רָאשׁ 2 Samuel 12:1 + 2 times; plural רָשִׁים Proverbs 22:7, רָאשִׁים Proverbs 13:23; — (often opposed to עָשִׁיר): as adjective 1 Samuel 18:23; 2 Samuel 12:1, 4; Proverbs 28:3; Ecclesiastes 4:14; as substantive = poor man (men), 2 Samuel 12:3; Psalm 82:3; Ecclesiastes 5:7, especially Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:8, 23 + 12 times Proverbs.
Hithpō`lēl Participle מִתְרוֺשֵׁשׁ Proverbs 13:7 one impoverishing himself (opposed to מִתְעַשֵּׁר; compare Pô`l. רושׁשׁ Ecclus 11:12; Ecclus 13:5). — Jeremiah 5:17; Malachi 1:4 see רשׁשׁ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

18:23; 18:23

2 Samuel

12:1; 12:1; 12:3; 12:4

Psalms

34:11; 82:3

Proverbs

10:4; 13:7; 13:8; 13:23; 13:23; 22:7; 28:3

Ecclesiastes

4:14; 5:7

Jeremiah

5:17

Malachi

1:4

H7326

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7326 matches the Hebrew רוּשׁ (rûš),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4 - He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:7 - A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:23 - There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:23 - The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 - Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27 - He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13 - The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
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