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Lexicon :: Strong's H7326 - rûš

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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 Box 1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:4 - Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:7 - One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:23 - An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:23 - The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 - Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What a person desires is unfailing love[fn]; better to be poor than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A ruler[fn] who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27 - Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13 - The poor and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
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