Shavar שָׁבַר

Shavar (Hebrew שָׁבַר, Strong's H7666) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to buy grain”. It occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Shavar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 41:56
  And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
• Genesis 41:57
  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
• Genesis 42:2
  And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
• Genesis 42:3
  And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
• Genesis 42:5
  And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 42:6
  And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
• Genesis 42:7
  And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
• Genesis 42:10
  And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
• Genesis 43:2
  And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
• Genesis 43:4
  If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
• Genesis 43:20
  And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
• Genesis 43:22
  And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
• Genesis 44:25
  And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
• Genesis 47:14
  And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 2:6
  Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
• Deuteronomy 2:28
  Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 11:26
  He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 55:1
  Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Amos

• Amos 8:5
  Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
• Amos 8:6
  That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).