עָשַׁר
ʿāšar
be rich
Strong's H6238VerbHebrewTWOT 1714

עָשַׁר (ʿāšar) is a Hebrew verb meaning be rich. It appears 17 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6238).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1714)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1714)be, become rich; make rich, gain riches; one enriching himself; accumulate, grow, make, rich
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָשַׁר verb: be, become rich

Strong's H6238 עָשַׁר: properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV:be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See H6240.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 14:231 Samuel 2:7Job 15:29

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