Wealth
נְכַסStrong’s H5233nekhas (ne-khas)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nekhas is the Hebrew word usually translated “riches”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.”
Meaning
- Riches, property
How it's translated
- and riches 3
- with riches 1
- riches 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Ecclesiastes 2
- Joshua 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 1:11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
- 2 Chronicles 1:12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Hebrew 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.