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buy

Meaning of “buy”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:57

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Genesis 44:25
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 44:25 · retained source text

And our father said, Goe againe, and buy vs a little food.

Genesis 47:19
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 47:19 · retained source text

Wherfore shall we die before thine eyes, both we, and our land? buy vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be seruants vnto Pharaoh: and giue vs seede that we may liue and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Exodus 21:2
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 21:2 · retained source text

If thou buy an Hebrew seruant, sixe yeeres he shall serue, and in the seuenth he shall goe out free for nothing.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 25.41. deut. 15.12. iere. 34.14.

Leviticus 22:11
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 22:11 · retained source text

But if the Priest buy any soule with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is borne in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

1611 marginal noteHebr. with the purchase of his money.

Leviticus 25:15
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:15 · retained source text

According to the number of yeres after the Iubile, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according vnto the number of yeeres of the fruits, he shall sell vnto thee.

Leviticus 25:44
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:44 · retained source text

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt haue, shall be of the Heathen, that are round about you: of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Leviticus 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:45 · retained source text

Moreouer, of the children of the strangers that do soiourne among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shalbe your possession.

Deuteronomy 2:6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:6 · retained source text

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat, and yee shall also buy water of them for money, that yee may drinke.

Deuteronomy 28:68
And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:68 · retained source text

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt againe, with ships, by the way whereof I spake vnto thee, Thou shalt see it no more againe: and there ye shall bee sold vnto your enemies for bondmen, and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Ruth 4:4
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ruth 4:4 · retained source text

And I thought to aduertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeeme it, redeeme it, but if thou wilt not redeeme it, then tell mee, that I may know: for there is none to redeeme it, besides thee, and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeeme it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I said I wil reueale in thine eare.

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