עָשִׁיר

Exodus 30:15 הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר the rich [person]

In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

Ruth 3:10 עָשִֽׁיר׃ rich

Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

Here: 'Rich'. A young man like this could be chosen for security. 'Poor or rich' together means 'any young man at all': neither love of youth nor love of money drove her choice.

2 Samuel 12:1 עָשִׁ֖יר [was] rich

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

Here: "Rich." A man of wealth and therefore of power. Verse 2 shows the wealth is in flocks and herds, the main capital of the ancient Israelite economy.

2 Samuel 12:2 לְעָשִׁ֗יר to [the] rich [man]

The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,

2 Samuel 12:4 הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒ <the> rich

Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

Job 27:19 עָשִׁ֣יר rich

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

Psalm 45:12 עֲשִׁ֣ירֵי rich [ones] of

The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

Here: 'The rich of …': the wealthy and powerful. It is the plural subject of 'they will entreat,' set in parallel with the daughter of Tyre.

Psalm 49:2 עָשִׁ֥יר [the] rich

both low and high, rich and poor alike.

Proverbs 10:15 עָ֭שִׁיר a rich [person]

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Here: The wealthy man, named here without praise or blame. Proverbs uses the word mostly to describe a social position, not a moral one.

Proverbs 14:20 עָשִׁ֣יר <of> [the] rich

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Proverbs 18:11 עָ֭שִׁיר a rich [person]

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Here: The wealthy man. Proverbs treats this figure without automatic praise or blame, but often notes how riches shape what he trusts in (10:15; 18:23; 28:11).

Proverbs 18:23 וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר and a rich [person]

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Proverbs 22:2 עָשִׁ֣יר [the] rich

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

Here: The person of means: landowner, lender, someone with surplus. It stands first and without 'the', so it names a type of person, the way a proverb does. In sound it echoes the later word ʿōśê, 'maker'.

Proverbs 22:7 עָ֭שִׁיר a rich [person]

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Here: Singular: 'a rich man.' It comes first for emphasis. The word refers to someone who holds surplus (land, grain, silver, livestock) in a farming economy where most households lived close to the margin.

Proverbs 22:16 לְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר to a rich [person]

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

Here: 'To a rich man'. This is the opposite of 'poor' in the first half. In Hebrew, ʿāšîr also echoes the sound of ʿōšēq ('oppressor'), so the squeezer and the rich man are bound together by sound.

Proverbs 28:6 עָשִֽׁיר׃ [is] rich

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Here: Kept back for the last word, like a sting: all the crooked man has to show for himself is that he is rich, and the saying has already judged that worth less.

Proverbs 28:11 עָשִׁ֑יר rich

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

Here: A person with property and the social power that came with it: land, livestock, silver, dependents. In Proverbs the rich man has many friends (14:20), rules over the poor (22:7), and answers harshly (18:23).

Ecclesiastes 5:12 לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר of the rich [person]

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 10:6 וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים and rich [people]

Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

Ecclesiastes 10:20 עָשִׁ֑יר a rich [person]

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

Here: "A rich man". It stands in parallel with "king", so it means the wealthy elite who hold power and can harm you. This follows straight on from v.19, "money answers everything".

Isaiah 53:9 עָשִׁ֖יר a rich [person]

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Here: Singular: 'a rich one.' It stands in parallel with 'wicked.' The prophets often tie wealth to oppression, so many read it as a second dishonourable group. Others read it as a contrast (an honourable burial). See Debates.

Jeremiah 9:23 עָשִׁ֖יר a rich [person]

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Here: The wealthy person. In Jeremiah, wealth is often tied to oppression and getting rich unjustly (Jer 5:27–28; 17:11; 22:13–17).

Micah 6:12 עֲשִׁירֶ֙יהָ֙ rich [people] its

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Here: 'Her rich ones': the wealthy class of the city. In the prophets this is the group with the money and influence to control markets, land and courts, and so the group able to oppress.