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buy

Meaning of “buy”

To obtain by payment or at a price; to purchase or acquire.

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56 occurrences52 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:57

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John 4:8
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 4:8 · retained source text

For his disciples were gone away vnto the city to buy meate.

John 6:5
¶ When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 6:5 · retained source text

¶ When Iesus then lift vp his eyes, and saw a great company come vnto him, he saith vnto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eate?

1611 marginal noteMatt. 14.15.

John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 13:29 · retained source text

For some of them thought, because Iudas had the bagge, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that wee haue need of against the feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.

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