Aramaic

Wealth

נְכַסStrong’s H5232

nekhas (ne-khas)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Nekhas is the Aramaic word usually translated “from properti of” and “properti”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.”

Ezra 6:8 KJV

Meaning

Riches, property

How it's translated

and from properti of 1
properti 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ezra 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Aramaic dictionary

נְכַס nekhas · wealth

riches, property Aramaic of ne.khes (נֶ֫כֶס "wealth" H5233)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “wealth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WEALTH, noun

Prosperity; external happiness.
Riches; large possessions of money, goods or land; that abundance of worldly estate which exceeds the estate of the greater part of the community; affluence; opulence.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.