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Riches
rich’-ez, rich’-iz: Used to render the following Hebrew and Greek words:
(1) `Osher, which should, perhaps, be considered the most general word, as it is the most often used (
(2) Chocen (
(3) Hon looks upon riches as earnings, the fruit of toil (
(4) Hamon regards riches in the aspect of being much, this coming from the original idea of noise, through the idea of a multitude as making the noise, the idea of many, or much, being in multitude (
(5) Chayil regards riches as power (
(6) Yithrah means "running over," and so presents riches as abundance (
(7) Qinyan regards riches as a creation, something made (
(8) (chrema) looks at riches as useful (
Compare MAMMON; TREASURE; WEALTH.