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sha.var H7666

שָׁבַר (sha.var) means “to buy grain” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁבַר Hebrew · H7666 21 tagged occurrences in 20 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-bar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7666

שָׁבַר · sha.var · to buy grain

1) to buy or purchase grain 1a) (Qal) to buy grain 1b) (Hiphil) to sell grain Aramaic equivalent: ze.van (זְבַן "to buy" H2084)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

denominative from H7668 (שֶׁבֶר); to deal in grain

KJV glosses: buy, sell.

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How translators render H7666

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and buy 4
to buy 4
buy 2
to buy grain 2
and sold grain 1
selling 1
sold grain 1
that we may sell 1
the one who sells it 1
we are here to buy 1
were buying 1
you are to pay 1
you can sell us 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
to buy 5
buy 3
all the storehouses and sold 1
and buy 1
and sell 1
but to buy 1
for to buy 1
of him that selleth 1
that sold 1
that we may sell 1
thither and buy 1
thou shalt sell 1
which they bought 1
ye buy 1
ye shall buy 1

Verses containing H7666

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  1. Genesis 41:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

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  2. Genesis 41:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

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  3. Genesis 42:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

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  4. Genesis 42:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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  5. Genesis 42:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

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  6. Genesis 42:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

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  7. Genesis 42:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

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  8. Genesis 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

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  9. Genesis 43:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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  10. Genesis 43:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

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  11. Genesis 43:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

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  12. Genesis 43:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”

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  13. Genesis 44:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’

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  14. Genesis 47:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

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  15. Deuteronomy 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

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  16. Deuteronomy 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,

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  17. Proverbs 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.

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  18. Isaiah 55:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

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  19. Amos 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

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  20. Amos 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

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