מְחִיר mechir
Hebrew word for “price” · Strong’s H4242 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) price, hire; 1a) price; 1b) hire, reward, gain
How it is translated
Glosses given for mechir in context, with how often each is used:
- price 12
- hire 2
- prices 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 23 (1), 2 Samuel 24 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 1 Kings 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 1 (1), Job 28 (1), Psalms 44 (1), Proverbs 17 (1), Proverbs 27 (1), Isaiah 45 (1)
Forms
- במחיר 8
- מחיר 3
- ומחיר 2
- מחירה 1
- במחיריהם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mechir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 6
- מִקְוֶה miqveh “hope” 2
- סָחַר sachar “to trade” 2
- שֹׁחַד shachad “bribe” 2
- מוֹצָא motsa “exit” 2
- קָנָה qanah “to buy” 2
- סוּס sus “horse” 2
- רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 2
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 2
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2
- מַי mayim “water” 2
- מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 2
Key verses
The verses using mechir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 23:18 — Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the…
- 2 Samuel 24:24 — And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth…
- 1 Kings 10:28 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
- 1 Kings 21:2 — And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for…
- Job 28:15 — It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
- Psalms 44:12 — Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
- Proverbs 17:16 — Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
- Isaiah 45:13 — I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith…
- 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…
- Jeremiah 15:13 — Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
- Lamentations 5:4 — We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
- Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.