- Original: עשׁר - Transliteration: `ashar - Phonetic: aw-shar' - Definition: 1. to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich a. (Qal) to be or become rich b. (Hiphil) 1. to make rich 2. to gain riches c. (Hithpael) to enrich oneself, pretend to be rich - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1714 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively make) rich: - be (-come en- make make self wax) rich make [ H1 kings H22 : H48 margin]. See H6240 . Total KJV Occurrences: 17 • enrich, 2 1 Samuel 17:25; Ezekiel 27:33 • enrichest, 1 Psalm 65:9 • rich, 13 Genesis 14:23; 1 Samuel 2:7; Job 15:29; Psalm 49:16; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 10:22; Proverbs 13:7; Proverbs 21:17; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:20; Jeremiah 5:27; Hosea 12:8; Zechariah 11:5 • richer, 1 Daniel 11:2