Property
רְכוּשׁStrong’s H7399rekhush (re-khush)
Appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rekhush is the Hebrew word usually translated “possession their”, “property” and “possession his”. It appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.”
Meaning
- Erty, goods, possessionserty, goods
How it's translated
- possession their 4
- the property 3
- possession his 2
- property 2
- and property 2
- with property 2
- possession of 1
- the possession 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 10
- 2 Chronicles 6
- Ezra 4
- Daniel 3
- Numbers 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:24In contextHe shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
- Daniel 11:28In contextThen shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
- Genesis 12:5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
- Genesis 14:11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
- Genesis 14:12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Hebrew dictionary
רְכוּשׁ rekhush · property
1) property, goods, possessions 1a) property, goods 1a1) general term for all movable goods 1a2) of livestock 1a3) of stores, utensils, etc
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “property” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROP'ERTY, noun
[This seems to be formed directly from proper. The Latin is proprietas.]
- A peculiar quality of any thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; called by logicians an essential mode.
- An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art or bestowed by man.
- Quality; disposition.
- The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing; ownership.
All definitions and other forms of “property”
- Possession held on one's own right.
- The thing owned; that to which a person has the legal title, whether in his possession or not.
- An estate, whether in lands, goods or money; as a man of large property or small property
- An estate; a farm; a plantation.
- Nearness or right.
- Something useful; an appendage; a theatrical term.
- Propriety. [Not in use.]
PROP'ERTY, verb transitive
To invest with qualities, or to take as one's own; to appropriate. [An awkward word and not used.]
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.