Be poor
רוּשׁStrong’s H7326rush
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rush is the Hebrew word usually translated “poor”, “are in want” and “impoverishes himself”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“And 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?”
Meaning
- To be poor, be in want, lack(Qal) · (Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)
How it's translated
- a poor 8
- poor 6
- and poor 2
- and to the poor 1
- they are in want 1
- impoverishes himself 1
- and a poor 1
- the poor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 16
- 2 Samuel 3
- Psalms 2
- Ecclesiastes 2
- 1 Samuel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
- Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Hebrew dictionary
רוּשׁ rush · be poor
1) to be poor, be in want, lack 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be poor 1a2) to be in want or hunger 1a3) poor man (subst) 1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “poor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
POOR, adjective
[Latin pauper.]
- Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence; needy.
- In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity; barren; mean; jejune; as a poor composition; a poor essay; a poor discourse.
- Destitute of value, worth or importance; of little use; trifling.
All definitions
- Paltry; mean; of little value; as a poor coat; a poor house.
- Destitute of fertility; barren; exhausted; as poor land.
- Of little worth; unimportant; as in my poor opinion.
- Unhappy; pitiable.
- Mean; depressed; low; dejected; destitute of spirit.
- Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse.
- Small, or of a bad quality; as a poor crop; a poor harvest.
- Uncomfortable; restless; ill.
- Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3:17
- In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose; as a poor pen; a poor ship; a poor carriage; poor fruit; poor bread; poor wine, etc.
- A word of tenderness or pity; dear.
- A word of slight contempt; wretched.
- The poor collectively, used as a noun; those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy; in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.
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.