מִקְנָה
miq.nah
“purchase”
Definition
properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid
feminine of H4735 (מִקְנֶה);
- purchase 1a) purchase 1b) purchase-price 1c) possession (gained by purchase)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מִקְנָה appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
“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.
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