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מְחִיר H4242
H4242 is the Hebrew word מְחִיר, transliterated mᵉchîyr and said mekk-eer'. The King James Version most often renders it price.
What it means
price, payment, wages.
Where it comes from
from an unused root meaning to buy.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: gain, hire, price, sold, worth.
Verses using מְחִיר
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 23:18 · KJV
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 LORD thy God.
2 Samuel 24:24 · KJV
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 cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
1 Kings 10:28 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
2 Chronicles 1:16 · KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Proverbs 17:16 · KJV
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 27:26 · KJV
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Isaiah 45:13 · KJV
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 the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:13 · KJV
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Micah 3:11 · KJV
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 say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4242 mean?
H4242 is the Hebrew word מְחִיר (mᵉchîyr), meaning price, payment, wages.
How is H4242 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it price (5 times), or the price (1 time), worth (1 time), wherefore is there a price (1 time), without price (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4242 appear in the Bible?
מְחִיר (mᵉchîyr) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4242 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to buy.
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