מְחִיר

me.chirpriceHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine15 occurrences12 books15 verses

Definition

from an unused root meaning to buy; price, payment, wages
Traditional renderings: gain, hire, price, sold, worth.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מְחִיר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

15 total
  1. Deuteronomy 23:18וּמְחִ֣יר
    You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
  2. 2 Samuel 24:24בִּמְחִ֔יר · a price
    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
  3. 1 Kings 10:28בִּמְחִֽיר׃
    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
  4. 1 Kings 21:2מְחִ֥יר · value
    So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 1:16בִּמְחִֽיר׃
    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
  6. Job 28:15מְחִירָֽהּ׃ · its price
    It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
  7. Psalm 44:12בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃ · from their sale
    You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
  8. Proverbs 17:16מְחִ֣יר · have money
    Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
  9. Proverbs 27:26וּמְחִ֥יר · with the price
    …the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
  10. Isaiah 45:13בִמְחִיר֙ · for payment
    I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
  11. Isaiah 55:1מְחִ֖יר · cost
    “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!
  12. Jeremiah 15:13בִמְחִ֑יר · charge
    Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
  13. Lamentations 5:4בִּמְחִ֥יר · at a price
    We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
  14. Daniel 11:39בִּמְחִֽיר׃ · for a price
    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.
  15. Micah 3:11בִּמְחִ֣יר · for a price
    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”