H5232 H5232
goods, property, possessions; riches subject to confiscation
This Aramaic plural noun denotes property, possessions, or material goods. Both occurrences appear in Ezra's account of Persian support for rebuilding the temple. The term appears in official Persian correspondence about funding sources and potential penalties. One reference concerns using royal goods/funds for temple construction (Ezra 6:8). The other warns of confiscation of property as penalty for disobedience (7:26). The word is standard in Aramaic, Syriac, and later Egyptian Aramaic for material wealth and possessions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Both instances come from Persian imperial decrees recorded in Aramaic. Ezra 6:8 contains Darius's order: 'the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River' (literally 'from the goods/property of the king, the taxes of Beyond-the-River'). This secures funding for the temple. Ezra 7:26 lists penalties for those who won't obey God's law or the king's law: 'let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of goods (nikhsin) or for imprisonment.' The phrase 'confiscation of property' ('anash nikhsin) shows these goods could be seized as punishment. The pairing 'from the goods of' (6:8) and 'confiscation of goods' (7:26) demonstrates the term's range from general property to forfeitable assets. 2×
AR["أَمْوال", "وَ-مِنْ-أَمْوال"]·ben["আর-সম্পদ-থেকে", "সম্পত্তি"]·DE["[ומנכסי]", "[נכסין]"]·EN["and-from-the-goods-of", "goods"]·FR["biens", "et-biens"]·heb["ו-מנכסי", "נכסין"]·HI["और-खर्च-से", "सम्पत्ति-की"]·ID["dan-dari-harta", "harta"]·IT["beni", "e-beni"]·jav["barang", "lan-saking-kas"]·KO["그리고-에서-재산", "재산"]·PT["bens", "e-dos-bens-de"]·RU["и-из-имущества", "имущества"]·ES["bienes", "y-de-los-bienes-de"]·SW["na-kutoka-mali", "ya-mali"]·TR["mallar", "ve-mallarindan"]·urd["اور-مِن-مال", "مال"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [נְכַס] n.[m.], pl. נִכְסִין riches, property (𝔗 Syriac; Egyptian Aramaic S-CE4+; BH (late));—עֲנָשׁ נ׳ Ezr 7:26 confiscation of property; cstr. נִכְסֵי 6:8.