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שָׁבַר H7666
H7666 is the Hebrew word שָׁבַר, transliterated shâbar and said shaw-bar'. The King James Version most often renders it buy.
What it means
to deal in grain.
Where it comes from
denominative from H7668 (שֶׁבֶר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: buy, sell.
Verses using שָׁבַר
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 41:56 · KJV
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:57 · KJV
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Genesis 42:2 · KJV
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Genesis 42:3 · KJV
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Genesis 42:5 · KJV
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:6 · KJV
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 42:7 · KJV
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Genesis 42:10 · KJV
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Genesis 43:2 · KJV
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Genesis 43:4 · KJV
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Genesis 43:20 · KJV
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Genesis 43:22 · KJV
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
Genesis 44:25 · KJV
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Genesis 47:14 · KJV
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
Deuteronomy 2:6 · KJV
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Deuteronomy 2:28 · KJV
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Isaiah 55:1 · KJV
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 price.
Amos 8:5 · KJV
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos 8:6 · KJV
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Common questions
What does Strong's H7666 mean?
H7666 is the Hebrew word שָׁבַר (shâbar), meaning to deal in grain.
How is H7666 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it buy (13 times), sell (2 times), storehouses and sold (1 time), thither and buy (1 time), sold (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7666 appear in the Bible?
שָׁבַר (shâbar) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7666 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: denominative from H7668 (שֶׁבֶר).
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