עָשִׁיר (ʿāšîr) is a Hebrew noun meaning rich. It appears 23 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6223).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1714b)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָשִׁיר noun, masculine: rich, the rich

rich; usually noun, masculine the rich

Strong's H6223 עָשִׁיר: rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV:rich (man).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1714: עָשַׁר ʿāšar — be, become rich; make rich, gain riches; one enriching himself; accumulate, grow, make, rich

• עֹשֶׁר ʿōšer — riches
• עָשַׁר ʿāšar — be rich

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