Lexical Definition

‎קִנְיָן‎ qinyân (kin-yawn') acquisition ^H:N-M
from ‎קָנָה‎

getting, goods, [idiom] with money, riches, substance.

• creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures
• also acquisition, purchase, wealth

1) thing acquired, acquisition, possession, purchased property, wealth
1a) thing acquired (by purchase)
1b) creatures (more general)

See Greek: κτῆνος · κτίσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִנְיָן‎ noun [masculine] thing got or aquired, acquisition (Aramaism, Lag BN:205); absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 construct‎קִנְיַן‎ Lev 22:11 suffix ‎קִנְיָָֽנְךָ‎ Prov 4:7 +, etc.; —

1. thing acquired by purchase ‎קִנְיַן כֶּסֶף‎ Lev 22:11 (H; compare ‎מִקְנָה‎); of property Gen 34:23; Gen 36:6; Josh 14:4 (all P), Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 (in all distinguished from ‎מִקְנֶה‎ cattle); || ‎בַּיִת‎ Ps 105:21 ‎מִקְנֵח קִנְיָנוֺ‎ Gen 31:18 (P; probably doublet, ᵐ5 omitted); ‎בְּכָלקִֿנְיָֽנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה‎ Prov 4:7 with (or at the price of) all that thou hast acquired, get understanding.

2. more generally: collective creatures ᵐ5 κτίσις Ps 104:24 (compare √ 1 a).

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