What does מְחִיר · τιμή mean in the Bible?
מְחִיר · τιμή is a Hebrew phrase meaning "cost, price, or payment used in exchange".
Hebrew · H4242, G5092
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 phrase meaning "cost, price, or payment used in exchange".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4242, G5092?
H4242, G5092 is connected to 15 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. cost, price, or payment used in exchange
Strong's H4242, G5092
Lexical occurrences 15 verses Source Gloss
cost, price, or payment used in exchange
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain