Genesis 23:16
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
עֶפְרוֹן
ʻEphrôwn
Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
שָׁקַל
shâqal
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
עֶפְרוֹן
ʻEphrôwn
Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שֶׁקֶל
sheqel
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
סָחַר
çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →סָחַר çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Study H5503 →עֶפְרוֹן ʻEphrôwn
Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
Study H6085 →עֶפְרוֹן ʻEphrôwn
Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
Study H6085 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;...
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LOR...
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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