H7326 רוּשׁ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 23 KJV occurrences
רוּשׁ
rûwsh · roosh
Definition
to be destitute
KJV Renderings
lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 23)
- 1 Samuel 18:23And 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?
- 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.
- Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
- Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
- Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
- Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.