4242 - mechir

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מְחִיר
Transliteration: mechir
Definition (short): price
Definition (full): price, payment, wages

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the same as machar
Definition: price, hire
NASB Translation: cost (2), payment (1), price (10), sale (1), wages (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From an unused root meaning to buy; price, payment, wages -- gain, hire, price, sold, worth.
KJV: 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.
NASB: "You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
KJV: 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.
NASB: However, the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
KJV: And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
NASB: Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price.
KJV: 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.
NASB: Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better vineyard than it in its place; if you like, I will give you the price of it in money."
KJV: And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
NASB: Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders procured them from Kue for a price.