26 occurrences

'Bought' in the Bible

This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankTradeAnger Of Man, UnrighteousGod's Mercy, Example Of

In the Year of Jubilee the field will return to the one he bought it from, the original owner.

Verse ConceptsYear Of JubileeReversion Of Things

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up, living with him and his children. It shared his meager food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets

The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 20 ounces of silver.

Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipBuying and sellingNegotiationProperty, LandPurchasingReal EstateFree Of Charge

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue at the going price.

Verse ConceptsCommerce

then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver, and he built up the hill. He named the city he built Samaria based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill.

Verse ConceptsBuildingCoinage

Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,who cannot be bought off with silverand who have no desire for gold.

Verse ConceptsMoney's Deficiencies

You have not bought Me aromatic cane with silver,or satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.But you have burdened Me with your sins;you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Verse ConceptsFatnessGod, Patience OfOffencePlantsSweetnessFat Of The SacrificesGod Growing Weary

So I bought underwear as the Lord instructed me and put it on.

“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates and hide it in a rocky crevice.”

Verse ConceptsGapsHidden Things

So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out to him the money—17 shekels of silver.

Verse ConceptsCoinageReal EstateWeighing

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’

Verse ConceptsVineyard

Fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It’s a desolation without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans!’

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals Affected

When he found one priceless pearl, he went and sold everything he had, and bought it.

Verse ConceptsPearlsBuying God's GiftExpensiveWorthValueeverything

After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsExcavationLowering PeopleRollingJesus Tomb

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him.

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomembalmingHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeSabbath, In NtThe First Day Of The WeekSabbath Observed

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingYokesOwning LivestockFive AnimalsTesting Other Thingstrying

were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah

The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

Bible Theasaurus

Bought (72 instances)
Bribe (29 instances)
Corrupt (70 instances)
Purchase (47 instances)

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מקנה 
Miqnah 
Usage: 15

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