Miqnah מִקְנָה
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| מִקְנָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | miqnah |
| Strong's number | H4736 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | purchase |
| Occurrences | 15 in 13 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (5) |
Miqnah (Hebrew מִקְנָה, Strong's H4736) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “purchase”. It occurs 15 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) purchase
1a) purchase
1b) purchase-price
1c) possession (gained by purchase)
1a) purchase
1b) purchase-price
1c) possession (gained by purchase)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bought (7), purchase (5), price (2), possession (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | purchase (4), those purchased (2), purchased (2), possession (1), has been purchased (1), price (1), his purchase (1), he has purchased (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Miqnah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 17:12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
- Genesis 17:13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 17:23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- Genesis 17:27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
- Genesis 23:18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Exodus
- Exodus 12:44But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 25:16According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
- Leviticus 25:51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.
- Leviticus 27:22And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 32:11So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
- Jeremiah 32:12And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 32:14Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
- Jeremiah 32:16Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).