Lexical Summary mechir: price, hire Original Word: מְחִירTransliteration: mechir Phonetic Spelling: (mekk-eer') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: price, hire Meaning: price, payment, wages Strong's Concordance gain, hire, price, sold, worth From an unused root meaning to buy; price, payment, wages -- gain, hire, price, sold, worth. Brown-Driver-Briggs H4242. mechir I. מְחִיר noun masculine price, hire (as that which is placed in front of one, presented, offered; Assyrian ma—îru, price; ma—irânu, buyer, DlHWB 404, Prol.94); — ׳מ absolute Micah 3:11 9t.; construct Deuteronomy 23:19 2t.; suffix מְחִירָהּ Job 28:15; plural suffix מְחִירֵיהֶם Psalm 44:13; — 1 price, often בִּמְחִיר for a price; in trade 2 Samuel 24:24; 1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:16; compare Lamentations 5:4 ("" כֶּסֶף), also (no בְּ) 1 Kings 21:2 and ׳מ עַתּוּדִים שָׂדֶה Proverbs 27:26; of wisdom Job 28:15 ("" כֶּסֶף סְגוֺר) compare Proverbs 17:16 (no בְּ); figurative מ וּבְלוֺא ׳בְּלוֺאבֶֿסֶף Isaiah 55:1 in purchase of blessings from ׳י; of price of people, figurative Psalm 44:13, compare Jeremiah 15:13. 2 hire, ׳מ כֶּלֶב (i.e. of male prostitute) Deuteronomy 23:19 ("" זוֺנָה אֶתְנַן) see Di Dr; of venal priests Micah 3:11 ("" שֹׁחַד); = reward, gain, denied of Cyrus Isaiah 45:13 ("" id.); affirmed of Ant. Epiph. Daniel 11:39. |
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