קִנְיָןqinyân

thing got or aquired, acquisition

Pronunciation: kin-yawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7075

Meanings

1. thing acquired (Leviticus 22:11; Genesis 34:23; Genesis 36:6)

2. more generally: collective creatures (Psalms 104:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 31:18 and he drove all his livestock in front of him. He packed all the belongings he had acquired in Paddan-aram and set out for the land of Canaan, where his father, Isaac, lived.
  • Genesis 34:23 But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let’s agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”
  • Genesis 36:6 Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle—all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan—and moved away from his brother, Jacob.
  • Leviticus 22:11 However, if the priest buys a slave for himself, the slave may eat from the sacred offerings. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food.
  • Joshua 14:4 The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock and all their possessions.
  • Psalms 104:24 O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.
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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).