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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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Nehemiah 10:31
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 10:31 · retained source text

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day, to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holyday, and that wee would leaue the seuenth yeere, and the exaction of euerie debt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. euery hand.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.10. leui. 23.3. deut. 5.12. nehem. 13.23.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 15.2. leuit. 25.4.

Isaiah 55:1
HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 55:1 · retained source text

¶ Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy and eate, yea come, buy wine and milke without money, and without price.

1611 marginal noteIoh.7.37.

Jeremiah 32:7
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:7 · retained source text

Behold, Hanameel the sonne of Shallum thine vncle, shall come vnto thee, saying; Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 25.24. ruth.4.4.

Jeremiah 32:8
So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:8 · retained source text

So Hanameel mine vncles sonne came to me in the court of the prison, according to the word of the LORD, and said vnto me; Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the countrey of Beniamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine, buy it for thy selfe. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:25
And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:25 · retained source text

And thou hast said vnto mee, O LORD God, buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses: for the citie is giuen into the hand of the Caldeans.

Jeremiah 32:44
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:44 · retained source text

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe euidences, and seale them, and take witnesses in the land of Beniamin, and in the places about Ierusalem, and in the cities of Iudah, and in the cities of the mountaines, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captiuitie to returne, saith the LORD.

Amos 8:6
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 8:6 · retained source text

That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?

1611 marginal noteChap.2.6.

Matthew 14:15
¶ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 14:15 · retained source text

¶ And when it was euening, his Disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may goe into the villages, and buy themselues victuals.

1611 marginal noteIohn 6.5. marke 6.35.

Matthew 25:9
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 25:9 · retained source text

But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there be not ynough for vs and you, but goe ye rather to them that sell, and buy for your selues.

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