Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7666
שָׁבַר
sha.var · “to buy grain”
Used 21 times across 5 books
Definition
1) to buy or purchase grain
1a) (Qal) to buy grain
1b) (Hiphil) to sell grain
Aramaic equivalent: ze.van (זְבַן "to buy" H2084)
1a) (Qal) to buy grain
1b) (Hiphil) to sell grain
Aramaic equivalent: ze.van (זְבַן "to buy" H2084)
Where it appears
Genesis14
Deuteronomy2
Proverbs1
Isaiah2
Amos2
In the text
Genesis 41:56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.Genesis 42:2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.Genesis 42:3And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.Genesis 42:5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.Genesis 42:7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.Genesis 42:10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.Genesis 43:2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.Genesis 43:4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
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