Strong's Lexicon

H4736

H4736 — מִקנָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmiqnahnoun femOccurrences: 15TWOT: 2039c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4736
Word:	מִקנָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H4735
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	15
Transliteration:	miqnah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mik-naw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a buying, i.e. acquisition 2. (concretely) a piece of property (land or living) 3. (also) the sum paid
KJV Renderings:	(he that is) bought, possession, piece, purchase.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7483

מִקְנָה noun feminine purahase; — absolute ׳ מ Gen 23:18 +; construct מִפְנַת Gen 17:12 +; suffix מִקְנָתוֺ Lev 25:16 +; —

1. purchase, מִקְנַת כֶּסֶף Gen 17:12; Gen 17:13; Gen 17:23; Gen 17:27; Exod 12:44 (all P ); ׳ סֵפֶר הַמּ document of purchase Jer 32:11; Jer 32:12 (twice in verse); Jer 32:14; Jer 32:16.

2. purchase-price, Lev 25:16 (twice in verse); Lev 25:51; Lev 27:22 ( P ).

3. possession (gained by purchase), לְמִקְנָה Gen 23:18 ( P ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מקנה (mik-nah’)

Exodus 12:44

KJV: But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

EHCC: servant that is bought for money,

Leviticus 25:16

KJV: According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price 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.

EHCC: shalt increase the price thereof,

Leviticus 27:22

KJV: And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

EHCC: field which he hath bought,

Jeremiah 32:11

KJV: So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

EHCC: 12, 16. the evidence of the purchase,