Definition

properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid

Etymology

feminine of H4735 (מִקְנֶה);

Where the KJV renders it

• (he that is) bought
• possession
• piece
• purchase

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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