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Strong’s H7326 · Hebrew

רוּשׁ

rûwsh · roosh

Origin a primitive root;

Meaning to be destitute

In the King James Version lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).

In 23 verses of the King James Version

  1. 1 Samuel 18:23And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
  2. 2 Samuel 12:1And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
  3. 2 Samuel 12:3But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
  4. 2 Samuel 12:4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
  5. Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
  6. Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
  7. Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  8. Proverbs 13:7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
  9. Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
  10. Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
  11. Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  12. Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
  13. Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
  14. Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  15. Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
  16. Proverbs 22:2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
  17. Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
  18. Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
  19. Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  20. Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
  21. Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
  22. Ecclesiastes 4:14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
  23. Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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