HebrewH4242Noun (Masculine)

מְחִיר

me.chir

13Occurrences
H4242Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

price, payment, wages

from an unused root meaning to buy;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. price, hire 1a) price 1b) hire, reward, gain

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מְחִיר appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
2
Isaiah
2
Proverbs
2
2 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Daniel
1
Jeremiah
1
Job
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:28BSB

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

2 Chronicles 1:16BSB

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

Daniel 11:39BSB

He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

Isaiah 55:1BSB

“Come, all you who are thirsty,come to the waters;and you without money,come, buy, and eat!Come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without cost!

Job 28:15BSB

It cannot be bought with gold,nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

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