Words the Bible translates as wealth
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥayilחַיִלwealth: the resources, property, and substance a person or nation has amassed
+3 more meanings
- strength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
- army: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
- worth: capability and strength of character that make a person able and admirable
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- ploutosπλοῦτοςriches: an abundant store of value, whether material wealth or a lavish supply of some good thing
- chrēmaχρῆμαmoney and property seen as usable resources: what a person has on hand to spend or hand over
- osherעֹשֶׁרriches: great material wealth, the abundance of money, goods, and prized possessions that marks a person as rich
- honהוֹןwealth: the material riches, goods, and substance a person or nation has amassed
+1 more meaning
- "Enough!": the cry of being satisfied, used of things that never are
- onאוֹןvigor: the productive strength held in a body, above all a man's prime, and by extension the property that strength piles up
- ḥosenחֹסֶןwealthnot studied yet
- nekhesנֶכֶסwealthnot studied yet
- mammōnasμαμμωνᾶςmoney and material possessions, pictured in Jesus' teaching as a rival master that competes with God for a person's trust and service.
- nekhasנְכַסwealthnot studied yet
- timiotēsτιμιότηςwealthnot studied yet
- hemהֵםwealthnot studied yet
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