Strong H4242מְחִיר

price

Transliteration: mechîyr
Pronunciation: mekh-eer'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From an unused root meaning to buy;
{price} {payment } wages: - {gain} {hire} {price} {sold} worth.

Detailed definition

1) price, hire
1a) price
1b) hire, reward, gain

In the Bible

Strong H4242 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

price11
gain1
hire1
sell1
worth1

First verses

Deuteronomy 23:18
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
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
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
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
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Job 28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Psalms 44:12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Isaiah 45:13
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.
Isaiah 55:1
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.
Jeremiah 15:13
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Lamentations 5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Daniel 11:39
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Micah 3:11
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.