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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
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- Psalm 44:12. HEB: עַמְּךָ֥ בְלֹא־ ה֑וֹן וְלֹ֥א־ רִ֝בִּ֗יתָ KJV:thy people for nought,and dost not increase. INT:your people for noughtnot profited.
- Psalm 112:3. HEB: הוֹן־ וָעֹ֥שֶׁר בְּבֵית֑וֹ NAS:Wealthand riches are in his house, KJV:Wealthand riches. INT:Wealthand riches his house.
- Psalm 119:14. HEB: כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־ הֽוֹן׃ NAS:As much as in all riches. KJV:as [much as] in all riches. INT:much all riches.
- Proverbs 1:13. HEB: כָּל־ ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א. NAS:[kinds] of precious wealth,We will fill. KJV:all precious substance,we shall fill. INT:all wealthprecious will find.
- 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.
Usage: The term "milchamah" is used extensively in the Hebrew Bible to denote war, battle, or conflict. It often refers to physical warfare between nations or groups but can also symbolize spiritual or moral struggles. The word is used to describe both large-scale military campaigns and smaller skirmishes.
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 ...
Feb 5, 2020 · HEBREW WORD STUDY – RICHES – HAMAH -המה. Psalms 37:16: “A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.”. The theme for my workshop on April 28, is to show how the Holy Spirit can use the original languages in your own personal study to guide you to deeper understandings. You can still sign up for it.
The Hebrew noun כסף(kesef, pronounced KESS-eff) is the Biblical Hebrew word for both "silver" and "money." It is easy to understand the relationship between the two words, as one of the earliest forms of "money" was weighed bags of silver. For instance, Genesis 42:35 describes each of Joseph's brothers finding his "bag of money(כסף)".
