מִקְנָהmiqnâh
purahase
Pronunciation: mik-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4736
Meanings
1. purchase (Genesis 17:12; Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:23)
2. purchase-price (Leviticus 25:16; Leviticus 25:51; Leviticus 27:22)
3. possession, (gained by purchase) (Genesis 23:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 17:12 From generation to generation, every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.
- Genesis 17:13 All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 17:23 On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.
- Genesis 17:27 along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants. All were circumcised with him.
- Genesis 23:18 It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate.
- Exodus 12:44 But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).