רְכוּשׁrᵉkûwsh

property, goods

Pronunciation: rek-oosh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7399

Meanings

1. general term for movable possessions of all kinds (often specifically including cattle) (Genesis 12:5; Genesis 15:4; Numbers 16:32)

2. used specifically of cattle, flocks, etc. (Genesis 13:6; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 36:7)

3. of stores, utensils, etc. (Genesis 46:6; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 1:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 12:5 He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
  • Genesis 13:6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
  • Genesis 14:11 The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.
  • Genesis 14:12 They also captured Lot—Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
  • Genesis 14:16 Abram recovered all the goods that had been taken, and he brought back his nephew Lot with his possessions and all the women and other captives.
  • Genesis 14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give back my people who were captured. But you may keep for yourself all the goods you have recovered.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).