מְחִיר
mᵉchîyr · mekk-eer'
price, payment, wages
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to buy;
price, payment, wages
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gain, hire, price, sold, worth.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › the hand that works › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְחִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- at a price2 · 13%
- or the price1 · 7%
- it of thee at a price1 · 7%
- thee the worth1 · 7%
- for the price1 · 7%
- thy wealth by their price1 · 7%
- wherefore is there a price1 · 7%
- are the price1 · 7%
- not for price1 · 7%
- and without price1 · 7%
- without price1 · 7%
- is sold1 · 7%
- for gain1 · 7%
- for hire1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.