Niphqa נִפְקָא
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| נִפְקָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | niphqa |
| Strong's number | H5313 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | cost |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Niphqa (Aramaic נִפְקָא, Strong's H5313) is an Aramaic feminine noun meaning “cost”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
outlay, expense
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | expenses (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | costs (1), cost (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Niphqa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 6:4With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
- Ezra 6:8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
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).