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Meaning: wealth, enough. Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be firm or to be easy. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4149 (πλοῦτος, ploutos) - wealth, riches - G5536 (χρηματισμός, chrēmatismos) - wealth, riches. Usage: The Hebrew word "הוֹן" (hon) primarily refers to material wealth or possessions ...
- Wā·Hō·Wn
Englishman's Concordance. wā·hō·wn — 1 Occurrence. Proverbs...
- Wə·Hō·Wn
Englishman's Concordance. wə·hō·wn- — 2 Occurrences....
- La·Hō·Wn
Englishman's Concordance. la·hō·wn — 1 Occurrence. Proverbs...
- Hō·W·Na·Yiḵ
NAS: With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise...
- Hō·W·Nêḵ
NAS: Your wealth, your wares, KJV: Thy riches, and thy...
- Hō·W·Nōw
hō·w·nōw Englishman's Concordance. hō·w·nōw — 1 Occurrence....
- Int
House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from...
- 26 Occurrences
NAS: A rich man's wealth is his strong KJV: The rich man's...
- Wā·Hō·Wn
- Genesis 31:16. HEB: כִּ֣י כָל־ הָעֹ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצִּ֤יל. NAS:Surely all the wealthwhich God. KJV:For all the richeswhich God. INT:Surely all the wealthwhich has taken.
- 1 Samuel 17:25. HEB: יַעְשְׁרֶ֥נּוּ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ׀ עֹ֣שֶׁר גָּד֗וֹל וְאֶת־ NAS:him with great richesand will give. KJV:him with great riches,and will give. INT:will enrich the king richesgreat his daughter.
- 1 Kings 3:11. HEB: שָׁאַ֤לְתָּ לְּךָ֙ עֹ֔שֶׁר וְלֹ֥א שָׁאַ֖לְתָּ NAS:have asked richesfor yourself, nor. KJV:neither hast asked richesfor thyself, nor hast asked.
- 1 Kings 3:13. HEB: לָ֔ךְ גַּם־ עֹ֖שֶׁר גַּם־ כָּב֑וֹד. NAS:both richesand honor, KJV:thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches,and honour: INT:given both richeshave also and honor.
Interestingly, such caveats are encoded within the various words used to refer to money in Biblical Hebrew. Kesef, for example, is etymologically related to the word nichsaf , which means yearning, alluding to the deep-seated and often insatiable drive to acquire and amass wealth. 3
- Mendel Kalmenson
Mammon. Mammon (Aramaic: מָמוֹנָא, māmōnā) in the New Testament is commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke both quote Jesus using the word in a phrase often rendered in English as "You cannot ...
God must always be the most important thing in our lives: "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." (NLT, Luke 16:13) The craving for wealth and possessions can lead us into all kinds of temptation.
We can translate the concept of the divine ownership of wealth into recognition of the collective effort involved in the generation of wealth. My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help. portion, Eikev, is that all wealth originates with God. “When you have eaten your fill,” warns the people, on the edge of the Promised ...
as the Hebrew word for wealth implies. The Bible seems to speak with two voices on the subject of riches, sometimes describing material wealth as a sign of God’s blessing and approval (e.g., Gn. 24:35), at other times virtually identifying the rich with the wicked (e.g., Ps 37:7, 16). God made all things for people to enjoy (1 Tm 6:17).
