Aramaic word · H2084

זְבַן

zavenin

to buy

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

1) to buy, gain

1a) (P'al) gain (participle)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 2:8 זָבְנִ֑ין [are] gaining

    The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time because you see that my word is final.

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