Strong’s H4735 · Hebrew

מִקְנֶה
miqneh
mik-neh'

Definition

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

Etymology

from H7069 (קָנָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • cattle
  • flock
  • herd
  • possession
  • purchase
  • substance

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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