Lexical Definition

‎מְחִיר‎ mᵉchîyr (mekk-eer') price ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to buy

gain, hire, price, sold, worth.

• price, payment, wages

1) price, hire
1a) price
1b) hire, reward, gain

See Greek: ἀντάλλαγμα · δωρεά · δῶρον · λύτρον · μισθός · τιμή · χρῆμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מְחִיר‎ noun masculine price, hire (as that which is placed in front of one, presented, offered; Assyrian ma—îru, price; ma—irânu, buyer, Dl^{HWB 404, Prol.94}); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Mic 3:11 + 9 t.; construct Deut 23:19* + 2 t.; suffix ‎מְחִירָהּ‎ Job 28:15 plural suffix ‎מְחִירֵיהֶם‎ Ps 44:13* —

1. price, often ‎בִּמְחִיר‎ for a price; in trade 2Sam 24:24; 1Kgs 10:28; 2Chr 1:16 compare Lam 5:4 (|| ‎כֶּסֶף‎), also (no ‎בְּ‎) 1Kgs 21:2 and ‎שָׂדֶה עַתּוּדִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 27:26 of wisdom Job 28:15 (|| ‎סְגוֺר כֶּסֶף‎) compare Prov 17:16 (no ‎בְּ‎); figurative ‎׳‎‎בְּלוֺאבֶֿסֶף וּבְלוֺא מ‎ Isa 55:1 in purchase of blessings from ‎׳‎‎י‎; of price of people, figurative Ps 44:13*, compare Jer 15:13.

2. hire, ‎כֶּלֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ (i.e. of male prostitute) Deut 23:19* (|| ‎אֶתְנַן זוֺנָה‎) see Di Dr; of venal priests Mic 3:11 (|| ‎שֹׁחַד‎); = reward, gain, denied of Cyrus Isa 45:13 (|| id.); affirmed of Ant. Epiph. Dan 11:39.

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