Miqnâh — H4736

Definition

feminine noun

properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid

1. purchase
1. purchase
2. purchase-price
3. possession (gained by purchase)

Usually translated as

bought, purchase, possession, piece

Origin

feminine of H4735

• Miqneh (H4735)

Occurrences

Miqnâh occurs 15 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (1), Leviticus (3), Jeremiah (4)

• 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 (וּמִקְנַת) with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
• Genesis 17:13 — He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought (וּמִקְנַ֣ת) with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
• Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought (מִקְנַ֣ת) with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
• Genesis 17:27 — And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought (וּמִקְנַת) with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
• Genesis 23:18 — Unto Abraham for a possession (לְמִקְנָ֖ה) 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 (מִקְנַת) 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 (מִקְנָת֔וֹ) thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
• 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 (מִקְנָת֑וֹ) of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
• 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 (מִקְנָתֽוֹ) for.
• Leviticus 27:22 — And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought (מִקְנָת֔וֹ), which is not of the fields of his possession;
• Jeremiah 32:11 — So I took the evidence of the purchase (הַמִּקְנָ֑ה), 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 (הַמִּקְנָ֗ה) unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
• 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 the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase (הַמִּקְנָ֑ה), before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
• Jeremiah 32:14 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase (הַמִּקְנָ֨ה), both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
• Jeremiah 32:16 — Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase (הַמִּקְנָ֔ה) unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,