Hebrew · H4242, G5092 · unreviewed

מְחִיר

Price , payment , wages · honor

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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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τιμή G5092 honor
Pronunciation timḗ
Price paid for something or esteem shown to someone; the basis for valuing worth.
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What does מְחִיר (mechir) mean in the Bible?

מְחִיר · τιμή is a Hebrew word meaning "cost, price, or payment used in exchange".

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Meaning

cost, price, or payment used in exchange
Grammatical Forms

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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

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