Definition

properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• be(-come
• en-
• make
• make self
• wax) rich
• make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See H6240 (עָשָׂר)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.