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Lexicon :: Strong's H7666 - šāḇar

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שָׁבַר
Transliteration
šāḇar
Pronunciation
shaw-bar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Denominative from שֵׁבֶר (H7668)
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TWOT Reference: 2322

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁבַר shâbar, shaw-bar'; denominative from H7668; to deal in grain:—buy, sell.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7666 in the following manner: buy (15x), sell (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7666 in the following manner: buy (15x), sell (6x).

  1. to buy or purchase grain

    1. (Qal) to buy grain

    2. (Hiphil) to sell grain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁבַר shâbar, shaw-bar'; denominative from H7668; to deal in grain:—buy, sell.
STRONGS H7666: Abbreviations
† [שָׁבַר] verb denominative buy grain; —
Qal Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural תִּשְׁבְּרוּ Deuteronomy 2:6, 1st person plural נִשְׁבְּרָה Genesis 43:4; Imperative masculine plural שִׁבְרוּ Genesis 42:2 +; Infinitive construct לִשְׁבֹּר Genesis 42:3 +, לִשְׁבָּרֿ Genesis 42:7 +; Participle masculine plural שֹׁבְרִים Genesis 47:14; — buy grain for food Genesis 41:57 (Genesis 41:56 see Hiph.), Genesis 42:2 (שֶׁבֶר in Genesis 42:2a), Genesis 42:5; with accusative אֹכֶל Genesis 42:7; Genesis 42:10; Genesis 43:2, 4, 20; Genesis 40:22; Genesis 44:25; Deuteronomy 2:6 (מִן person); with accusative בָּר Genesis 42:3, שֶׁבֶר Genesis 47:14; figurative Isaiah 55:1, with accusative יַיִן וְחָלָב Isaiah 55:1.
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person plural נַשְׁבִּיר Amos 8:6, etc.; Participle מַשְׁבִּיר Genesis 42:6; Proverbs 11:26; — sell grain (properly cause to buy grain), with ל person Genesis 42:6 + Genesis 42:56 (read וַיַּשְׁבֵּר for MT וַיִּשְׁבֹּר Ol Di Gunk), with accusative שֶׁבֶר Amos 8:5, בָּר מַפַּל Amos 8:6, compare Proverbs 11:26; with suffix person + accusative אֹכֶל + ב pret. Deuteronomy 2:28.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

40:22; 41:56; 41:57; 42:2; 42:2; 42:2; 42:3; 42:3; 42:5; 42:6; 42:6; 42:7; 42:7; 42:10; 43:2; 43:4; 43:4; 43:20; 44:25; 47:14; 47:14

Deuteronomy

2:6; 2:6; 2:28

Proverbs

11:26; 11:26

Isaiah

55:1; 55:1

Amos

8:5; 8:6; 8:6

H7666

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7666 matches the Hebrew שָׁבַר (šāḇar),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - So with severe famine everywhere, Joseph opened up the storehouses and distributed grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - So Jacob’s[fn] sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to him that his brothers came. When they arrived, they bowed before him with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We have come to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:10 - “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy more food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - “Sir,” they said, “we came to Egypt once before to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:22 - We also have additional money to buy more food. We have no idea who put our money in our sacks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - Later, when he said, ‘Go back again and buy us more food,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh’s treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:28 - Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass through your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - People curse those who hoard their grain,
but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - “Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it’s all free!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over
and the religious festivals to end
so you can get back to cheating the helpless.
You measure out grain with dishonest measures
and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:6 - And you mix the grain you sell
with chaff swept from the floor.
Then you enslave poor people
for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
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