מִקְנָה miqnah
Hebrew word for “purchase” · Strong’s H4736 · used 15 times in 13 verses
Meaning
1) purchase; 1a) purchase; 1b) purchase-price; 1c) possession (gained by purchase)
How it is translated
Glosses given for miqnah in context, with how often each is used:
- purchase 12
- purchase price 2
- possession 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 17 (4), Jeremiah 32 (4), Leviticus 25 (2), Genesis 23 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Leviticus 27 (1)
Forms
- המקנה 5
- מקנתו 4
- ומקנת 3
- מקנת 2
- למקנה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with miqnah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מוּל mul “to circumcise” 5
- יָלִיד yalid “born” 4
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 6
- סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 4
- נֵרִיָהוּ neriyyah “Neriah” 2
- חָתַם chatam “to seal” 2
- בָּרוּךְ barukh “Baruch” 2
- נֵכָר nekhar “foreign” 2
- זָכָר zakhar “male” 2
- אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 2
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 2
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 3
Key verses
The verses using miqnah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 17:12 — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any…
- Genesis 17:13 — He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting…
- Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house;…
- Genesis 17:27 — And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
- Genesis 23:18 — Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
- Exodus 12:44 — But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- Leviticus 25:16 — According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for…
- Leviticus 25:51 — If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
- Leviticus 27:22 — And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
- Jeremiah 32:11 — So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
- Jeremiah 32:12 — And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of…
- Jeremiah 32:16 — Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
See all 13 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.