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Strong's H7399 רְכוּשׁ (rekush)

Rekush means “good” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7399
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 27
Books 6

Strong's H7399 Quick Answer

Strong's H7399 רְכוּשׁ רְכוּשׁ (rkuwsh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. rkuwsh (rek-oosh') (or rkush {rek-oosh'}) n-m. 1. property (as gathered) [from passive participle of H7408] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include substance, goods, their, riches, and gathering. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
rkuwsh (rek-oosh') (or rkush {rek-oosh'}) n-m. 1. property (as gathered) [from passive participle of H7408]
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
substance, goods, their, riches, and gathering

Meaning and Definition

rkuwsh (rek-oosh') (or rkush {rek-oosh'}) n-m. 1. property (as gathered) [from passive participle of H7408] KJV: good, riches, substance. Root(s): H7408

Original Word
רְכוּשׁ רְכוּשׁ
Transliteration
rkuwsh
Derivation
Root: רכשׁ First root strongs: 7408
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7399. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

property

Usage: 1) property, goods, possessions 1a) property, goods 1a1) general term for all movable goods 1a2) of livestock 1a3) of stores, utensils, etc

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How Strong's H7399 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rkuwsh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

substance 1 Chronicles 27:31 goods Numbers 16:32 their Genesis 12:5 riches Daniel 11:13 gathering 2 Chronicles 20:25

How Strong's H7399 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 27 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7399 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7399 in the Old Testament

27 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 12:5 KJV

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 13:6 KJV

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Genesis 14:11 KJV

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7399.

Genesis 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis 14:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Genesis 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Genesis 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:7 Old Testament, KJV
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Genesis 46:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
Numbers 16:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Numbers 35:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
1 Chronicles 27:31 Old Testament, KJV
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
1 Chronicles 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 20:25 Old Testament, KJV
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
2 Chronicles 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
2 Chronicles 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
2 Chronicles 35:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
Ezra 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Ezra 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
Daniel 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
Daniel 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Daniel 11:28 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7399, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7399 FAQ

What does rekush (רְכוּשׁ) mean?

Rekush (Strong's H7399) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "good". rkuwsh (rek-oosh') (or rkush {rek-oosh'}) n-m. 1. property (as gathered) [from passive participle of H7408]

How many times is rekush (רְכוּשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's H7399 across 6 books.

Where can I study rekush (רְכוּשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7399 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate rekush (רְכוּשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as substance, goods, their, riches, and gathering. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.