{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7326",
  "lemma": "רוּשׁ",
  "transliteration": "rûwsh",
  "definition": "to be destitute",
  "kjv": "lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).",
  "occurrences": 24,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[רוּשׁ or רִישׁ] 24 vb. be in want, poor",
    "Qal young lions are in want and hunger",
    "Hithpō‛lēl one impoverishing himself"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 18:23",
      "text": "Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:1",
      "text": "The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:3",
      "text": "but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:4",
      "text": "A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 34:11",
      "text": "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/34?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 82:3",
      "text": "“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/82?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 10:4",
      "text": "He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 13:7",
      "text": "There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 13:8",
      "text": "The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 13:23",
      "text": "An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=23"
    }
  ],
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