[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wealth/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) / wealth # wealth noun (wealth — uncountable) «wealth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Wealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#m1) 2. A wealth of something is a large amount of it: a wealth of information, a wealth of ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#m2) 3. Wealth can also mean a great amount of good things in life, such as blessings, not just money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#m3) ### In the lessons In stories, kings and merchants have great wealth; in social studies and history, wealth is how rich a person or country is. In maths word problems in formal voice, wealth is the total value owned. Phrases: great wealth, a wealth of, share the wealth, health and wealth. ### Examples - The king had great wealth: gold, jewels and castles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#x1) - The library has a wealth of books about animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#x2) - Some people believe health is more important than wealth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#x3) - The merchant built his wealth by trading spices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#x4) - The country's wealth comes from its oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#x5) - Grandad has a wealth of stories about the old days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/#x6) ### Note Uncountable: «much wealth», not «wealths». Adjective: wealthy (rich). «A wealth of» just means «lots of» — it is not about money. Opposite: poverty. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Deuteronomy warns that people should not say their own power made their wealth, because tradition teaches that all wealth comes from God. In the primary lessons: In stories, kings and merchants have great wealth; in social studies and history, wealth is how rich a person or country is. In maths word problems in formal voice, wealth is the total value owned. Phrases: great wealth, a wealth of, share the wealth, health and wealth. ### Examples - and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.' (Torah DEU.8.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/#x1) - and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house. (Torah GEN.34.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/#x2) - And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying: 'Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this wealth.' (Torah GEN.31.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/#x3) - His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth. (Writings JOB.20.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/#x4) - Wealth and riches are in his house; and his merit endureth for ever. (Writings PSA.112.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/#x5) - If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; (Writings JOB.31.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/#x6) ### Note Uncountable: «much wealth», not «wealths». Adjective: wealthy (rich). «A wealth of» just means «lots of» — it is not about money. Opposite: poverty. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «wealth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wealth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«wealth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wealth.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «wealth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wealth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«wealth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wealth.html) on Mova free.