What does כֶּסֶף · מְחִיר mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H3701, H4242
בְּלוֹא־כֶסֶף / בְּלוֹא מְחִיר
Silver (from its pale color); by implication, money · price , payment , wages
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כֶּסֶף H3701 silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
מְחִיר H4242 price , payment , wages
Pronunciation mĕḥiyr
Value assigned to goods or labor through exchange; foundational to covenant economics and moral justice
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What does בְּלוֹא־כֶסֶף / בְּלוֹא מְחִיר (bᵉlô-kesep̄ / bᵉlô mᵉḥîr) mean in the Bible?
כֶּסֶף · מְחִיר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "without silver, without price.".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3701, H4242?
H3701, H4242 is connected to 418 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. without silver, without price.
Strong's H3701, H4242
Lexical occurrences 418 verses Source Gloss
without silver, without price.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּלוֹא־כֶסֶף / בְּלוֹא מְחִיר is built from this root:
כָּסַף H3700
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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