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Hebrew word · H7069

קָנָה

keneh

to buy

Appears 84 times in 75 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

Where it appears

Genesis · 12
  1. Genesis 4:1 קָנִ֥יתִי I have acquired

    And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

  2. Genesis 14:19 קֹנֵ֖ה [the] creator of

    and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

  3. Genesis 14:22 קֹנֵ֖ה [the] creator of

    But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

  4. Genesis 25:10 קָנָ֥ה he had acquired

    This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

  5. Genesis 33:19 וַיִּ֜קֶן and he bought

    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

  6. Genesis 39:1 וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ and he bought him

    Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

  7. Genesis 47:19 קְנֵֽה־ buy

    Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”

  8. Genesis 47:20 וַיִּ֨קֶן and he bought

    So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,

  9. Genesis 47:22 קָנָ֑ה he bought

    However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.

  10. Genesis 47:23 קָנִ֨יתִי I have bought

    Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.

  11. Genesis 49:30 קָנָ֨ה he bought

    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

  12. Genesis 50:13 קָנָה֩ he had bought

    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Exodus · 2
  1. Exodus 15:16 קָנִֽיתָ׃ you have bought

    and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

  2. Exodus 21:2 תִקְנֶה֙ you will buy

    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

Leviticus · 9
  1. Leviticus 22:11 יִקְנֶ֥ה he will acquire

    But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.

  2. Leviticus 25:14 קָנֹ֖ה you will buy

    If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.

  3. Leviticus 25:15 תִּקְנֶ֖ה you will buy

    You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.

  4. Leviticus 25:28 הַקֹּנֶ֣ה the [one who] bought

    But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.

  5. Leviticus 25:30 לַקֹּנֶ֥ה to the [one who] bought

    If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.

  6. Leviticus 25:44 תִּקְנ֖וּ you will buy

    Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

  7. Leviticus 25:45 תִּקְנ֔וּ you will buy

    You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

  8. Leviticus 25:50 קֹנֵ֔הוּ [the] [one who] bought him

    He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.

  9. Leviticus 27:24 קָנָ֖הוּ he bought it

    In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

Deuteronomy · 2
  1. Deuteronomy 28:68 קֹנֶֽה׃ ס [will be] a buyer

    The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

  2. Deuteronomy 32:6 קָּנֶ֔ךָ he created you

    Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

Joshua · 1
  1. Joshua 24:32 קָנָ֧ה he had bought

    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

Ruth · 6
  1. Ruth 4:4 קְ֠נֵה acquire [it]

    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

  2. Ruth 4:5 קְנוֹתְךָ֥ קָנִ֔יתָה acquiring you, you have acquired

    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

  3. Ruth 4:8 קְנֵה־ acquire [it]

    So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

  4. Ruth 4:9 קָנִ֙יתִי֙ I acquire

    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

  5. Ruth 4:10 קָנִ֧יתִי I acquire

    Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

2 Samuel · 5
  1. 2 Samuel 12:3 קָנָ֔ה he had acquired

    but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

  2. 2 Samuel 24:21 לִקְנ֧וֹת to buy

    “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

  3. 2 Samuel 24:24 קָנ֨וֹ אֶקְנֶ֤ה וַיִּ֨קֶן certainly <to buy>, I will buy [it], and he bought

    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

1 Kings · 1
  1. 1 Kings 16:24 וַיִּ֜קֶן and he bought

    He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

2 Kings · 2
  1. 2 Kings 12:12 וְלִקְנ֤וֹת and to acquire

    masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

  2. 2 Kings 22:6 וְלִקְנ֤וֹת and to acquire

    to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

1 Chronicles · 2
  1. 1 Chronicles 21:24 קָנֹ֥ה אֶקְנֶ֖ה certainly <to acquire>, I will acquire [it]

    “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

2 Chronicles · 1
  1. 2 Chronicles 34:11 לִקְנוֹת֙ to buy

    They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.

Nehemiah · 2
  1. Nehemiah 5:8 קָ֠נִינוּ we have bought

    and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

  2. Nehemiah 5:16 קָנִ֑ינוּ we acquired

    Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

Psalms · 3
  1. Psalm 74:2 קָ֘נִ֤יתָ [which] you acquired

    Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.

  2. Psalm 78:54 קָנְתָ֥ה it had acquired

    He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

  3. Psalm 139:13 קָנִ֣יתָ you created

    For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Proverbs · 14
  1. Proverbs 1:5 יִקְנֶֽה׃ let him get

    let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

  2. Proverbs 4:5 קְנֵ֣ה קְנֵ֣ה acquire

    Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

  3. Proverbs 4:7 קְנֵ֣ה קְנֵ֣ה acquire

    Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

  4. Proverbs 8:22 קָ֭נָנִי he created me

    The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.

  5. Proverbs 15:32 ק֣וֹנֶה [is] acquiring

    He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

  6. Proverbs 16:16 קְֽנֹה־ וּקְנ֥וֹת to acquire, and to acquire

    How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

  7. Proverbs 17:16 לִקְנ֖וֹת to acquire

    Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

  8. Proverbs 18:15 יִקְנֶה־ it acquires

    The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

  9. Proverbs 19:8 קֹֽנֶה־ [one who] acquires

    He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

  10. Proverbs 20:14 הַקּוֹנֶ֑ה the buyer

    “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

  11. Proverbs 23:23 קְ֭נֵה buy

    Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Ecclesiastes · 1
  1. Ecclesiastes 2:7 קָנִ֙יתִי֙ I acquired

    I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

Isaiah · 4
  1. Isaiah 1:3 קֹנֵ֔הוּ owner its

    The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

  2. Isaiah 11:11 לִקְנ֖וֹת to acquire

    On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  3. Isaiah 24:2 כַּקּוֹנֶה֙ as the buyer

    people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

  4. Isaiah 43:24 קָנִ֨יתָ you have bought

    You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Jeremiah · 13
  1. Jeremiah 13:1 וְקָנִ֤יתָ and you will buy

    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

  2. Jeremiah 13:2 וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה and I bought

    So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.

  3. Jeremiah 13:4 קָנִ֖יתָ you bought

    “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

  4. Jeremiah 19:1 וְקָנִ֥יתָ and you will buy

    This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

  5. Jeremiah 32:7 קְנֵ֣ה לִקְנֽוֹת׃ buy, to buy [it]

    Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

  6. Jeremiah 32:8 קְנֵ֣ה קְנֵה־ buy, buy [it]

    Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

  7. Jeremiah 32:9 וָֽאֶקְנֶה֙ and I bought

    So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

  8. Jeremiah 32:15 יִקָּנ֥וּ they will be bought

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

  9. Jeremiah 32:25 קְנֵֽה־ buy

    Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”

  10. Jeremiah 32:43 וְנִקְנָ֥ה and it will be bought

    And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’

  11. Jeremiah 32:44 יִקְנ֗וּ people will buy

    Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

Ezekiel · 1
  1. Ezekiel 7:12 הַקּוֹנֶה֙ the buyer

    The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.

Amos · 1
  1. Amos 8:6 לִקְנ֤וֹת to buy

    Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Zechariah · 2
  1. Zechariah 11:5 קֹנֵיהֶ֤ן [those who] buy them

    whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

  2. Zechariah 13:5 הִקְנַ֥נִי he sold me

    He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’

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