King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4735
Transliteration: miqneh
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-neh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: cattle
Meaning: something bought, property, livestock, acquisition
Word Summary
miqneh: cattle
Original Word: מִקְנֶהTransliteration: miqneh
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-neh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: cattle
Meaning: something bought, property, livestock, acquisition
Strong's Concordance
cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance From qanah; something bought, i.e. Property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition -- cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
see HEBREW qanah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4735. miqneh
מִקְנֶה76 noun masculineExodus 10:26 cattle; — absolute ׳מ Genesis 46:32 +; construct מִקְנֵה 13:7 +; suffix מִקְנֵהוּ 3:18 +, מִקְנֶיךָ Isaiah 30:23 (Ges§ 93, 88), etc.; plural suffix (but see Köii. 112 f.) מִקְנַי Exodus 17:3 +, מִקְנֵיכֶם Genesis 47:16 +, etc.; —
1 cattle in General, including cows, sheep, horses, asses, camels (any or all of them), as purchasable domestic animals, Genesis 47:16 (twice in verse); 47:17 (twice in verse); Exodus 9:3 + (J), 10:26 (E), Deuteronomy 3:19 (not in P), Job 1:3; Psalm 78:48; Jeremiah 9:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21+; so probably וּמִקְנֶה אֹהֶל ישֵׁב Genesis 4:20 (J) of nomads, הַבְּהֵמָה מִקְנֵה 47:18 (J).
2 specifically of cows, sheep, and goats in herds and flocks Genesis 13:2 (J), 31:9 (E), 31:18; 36:7; 46:6; Numbers 32:1 (all P), Isaiah 30:23 +; מ ׳רֹעֵי Genesis 46:32, 34 (J), מ ׳שָׂרֵי 47:6 (P), compare 1 Chronicles 28:1; מ ׳רֹקעי Genesis 13:7 (twice in verse) (J); distinguished from בְּהֵמָה Numbers 31:9 (P), 32:26; 2 Kings 3:17; from קנין Joshua 14:4 (P) Ezekiel 38:12-13, from both Genesis 34:23; 36:6 (P); ׳מָ ונקר צאן2 Chronicles 32:29 ׳מ וצאן בקר Ecclesiastes 2:7 ׳מ ומ ׳צאן בקר Genesis 26:14; 47:17 (J); sheep only 29:7 (J) Numbers 32:16 (E). — הַשָּׂדֶה מִקְנֵה Genesis 49:32 (P) read מִקְנַת; עוֺלֶךְ על אַף מִקְנֶה Job 36:33 read מַקְנֶה (Hiph`ilParticiple), or מְקַנֶּךְ (Pi`elParticiple) metal. from קנא, Hi Bö Di Du; 1 Samuel 30:20 del ᵐ5 ׳הַמּ We Dr and others, see especially HPS.