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.
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
Occurrences
15 total
- Deuteronomy 23:18וּמְחִ֣ירYou 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 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.
- 1 Kings 10:28בִּמְחִֽיר׃Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- 1 Kings 21:2מְחִ֥יר · valueSo 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.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:16בִּמְחִֽיר׃Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- Job 28:15מְחִירָֽהּ׃ · its priceIt cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
- Psalm 44:12בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃ · from their saleYou sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
- Proverbs 17:16מְחִ֣יר · have moneyWhy should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- Proverbs 27:26וּמְחִ֥יר · with the price…the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
- Isaiah 45:13בִמְחִיר֙ · for paymentI 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.”
- 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!
- Jeremiah 15:13בִמְחִ֑יר · chargeYour wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
- Lamentations 5:4בִּמְחִ֥יר · at a priceWe must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
- Daniel 11:39בִּמְחִֽיר׃ · for a priceHe 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.
- Micah 3:11בִּמְחִ֣יר · for a priceHer 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.”