Topical Encyclopedia
In the biblical context, the concept of "purchase" encompasses various aspects of acquiring goods, land, or even spiritual redemption. The act of purchasing is often associated with legal transactions, covenantal agreements, and symbolic representations of deeper theological truths.
Old Testament ContextIn the Old Testament, purchasing land or goods was a common practice, often involving formal agreements and witnesses. One notable example is the purchase of the cave of Machpelah by Abraham as a burial site for his wife Sarah. This transaction is detailed in
Genesis 23:16-18 : "Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current commercial standard. So Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field—was deeded over to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city."
The purchase of land was not only a practical necessity but also a means of establishing a lasting inheritance for future generations. The legal and communal aspects of such transactions underscored the importance of integrity and fairness in business dealings.
New Testament ContextIn the New Testament, the concept of purchase takes on a profound spiritual dimension. The most significant purchase is the redemption of humanity through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This is articulated in
1 Corinthians 6:20 : "You were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body." Here, the "price" refers to the sacrificial death of Christ, which secured the salvation of believers.
The theme of redemption as a purchase is further emphasized in
1 Peter 1:18-19 : "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot." This passage highlights the infinite value of Christ's sacrifice, contrasting it with the temporal nature of earthly wealth.
Theological ImplicationsThe biblical notion of purchase extends beyond mere economic transactions to encompass spiritual truths. The purchase of land in the Old Testament often symbolized God's promises and faithfulness to His people. In the New Testament, the purchase of believers through Christ's blood signifies the ultimate act of divine love and grace.
The concept of purchase also serves as a reminder of the believer's responsibility to live a life that honors the price paid for their redemption. As stewards of God's grace, Christians are called to conduct their lives with integrity, reflecting the transformative power of Christ's sacrificial purchase.
Practical ApplicationsIn practical terms, the biblical principles surrounding purchase encourage ethical behavior in financial dealings. Believers are urged to engage in honest transactions, uphold justice, and demonstrate generosity. The biblical model of purchase, rooted in covenant and community, challenges Christians to prioritize relationships and spiritual values over material gain.
Overall, the concept of purchase in the Bible is rich with meaning, encompassing both the tangible and the spiritual, and serving as a testament to God's redemptive work throughout history.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
2. (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
3. (v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
4. (v. t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
5. (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
6. (v. t.) To buy for a price.
7. (v. t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
8. (v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
9. (v. i.) To acquire wealth or property.
10. (n.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
11. (n.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
12. (n.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
13. (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
14. (v. t.) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
15. (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
16. (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PURCHASEpur'-chats: In modern English, "to acquire by payment," in Elizabethan English, "to acquire" by any means. In the Old Testament, the King James Version has used "purchase" to represent qanah, and its derivatives (verb and noun), except inLeviticus 25:33, where the word is ga'al (the Revised Version (British and American) "redeem"). In the New Testament the noun does not occur and the verb is used for ktaomai, inActs 1:18;Acts 8:20, and peripoieo, inActs 20:281 Timothy 3:13. But none of these words connotes the payment of a price, so that the Revised Version (British and American) has kept the word only inActs 20:28 (margin "acquired"), changing it into "obtain" inActs 1:18;Acts 8:20, and "gain" in1 Timothy 3:13. In the Old Testament, the Revised Version margin has "gotten" inExodus 15:16 and the American Standard Revised Version has (very properly) introduced the same word into the text ofPsalm 74:2;Psalm 78:54.
Burton Scott Easton
Greek
59. agorazo -- to buy in the marketplace,purchase... to buy in the marketplace,
purchase. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: agorazo
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-or-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I buy Definition: I buy.
...4046. peripoieo -- to preserve, get possession of
... possession of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieo Phonetic Spelling:
(per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I acquire,purchase Definition: I...
5608. oneomai -- to buy
... to buy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: oneomai Phonetic Spelling:
(o-neh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I buy,purchase Definition: I buy,purchase....
2932. ktaomai -- to acquire
... Transliteration: ktaomai Phonetic Spelling: (ktah'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I
win, get, buy, possess Definition: (a) I acquire, win, get,purchase, buy, (b...
728. arrabon -- an earnest (a part payment in advance for security...
... be paid afterwards. 728 -- properly, an installment; a ("down-payment")
which the balance (thepurchase-price). 728 ("down-payment...
3800. opsonion -- provisions, wages
... 3800 (from , "meat" and , "purchase") -- properly, thepurchase of meat (food);
later, "ration-money paid to soldiers" (); hence, ("")....
3083. lutron -- a ransom
... 3083 () occurs twice in the NT (Mt 10:28; Mk 10:45), both times referring to
thispurchase (ransom-price) which Christ paid. See 3084 ()....
5553. chrusion -- a piece of gold, gold
... see there). The noun form 5553 () focuses on the (effects) that go with
"unlimited ability topurchase (acquire).". 696 ("silver") was...
1805. exagorazo -- to buy up, ie ransom, fig. to rescue from loss
... exagorazo Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ag-or-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I ransom, redeem
Definition: I buy out, buy away from, ransom; mid: Ipurchase out, buy, redeem...
629. apolutrosis -- a release effected by payment of ransom
... 629 ("redemption, re-purchase") emphasizes the ("safety-margin") that results
between the rescued person, and what previously enslaved them....
Strong's Hebrew
4736. miqnah -- apurchase... 4735, 4736. miqnah. 4737 . a
purchase. Transliteration: miqnah Phonetic
Spelling: (mik-naw') Short Definition:
purchase. Word Origin
...4119. mohar --purchase price (of a wife)
... 4118b, 4119. mohar. 4120 .purchase price (of a wife). Transliteration:
mohar Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-har) Short Definition: dowry....
4117. mahar -- to acquire by paying apurchase price
... 4116, 4117. mahar. 4118 . to acquire by paying apurchase price. Transliteration:
mahar Phonetic Spelling: (maw-har') Short Definition: bartered....
7069. qanah -- to get, acquire
... attain, buyer, teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possessor,purchase.
A primitive root; to erect, ie Create; by extension...
4735. miqneh -- cattle
... purchased (1). cattle, flock, herd, possession,purchase, substance. From
qanah; something bought, ie Property, but only livestock...
3739. karah -- to trade, get by trade
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to trade, get by trade NASB Word Usage bargain
(1), barter (1), bought (1),purchase (1). buy, prepare....
1350. gaal -- to redeem, act as kinsman
... in any wise, at all, avenger, deliver, next kinsfolk,purchase,. A primitive
root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship...
2081. Zebina -- "bought," an Israelite
... NASB Word Usage Zebina (1). Zebina. From an unused root (meaning topurchase);
gainfulness; Zebina, an Israelite -- Zebina. 2080, 2081. Zebina. 2082 ....
7075. qinyan -- something gotten or acquired, acquisition
... From qanah; creation, ie (concretely) creatures; also acquisition,purchase, wealth --
getting, goods, X with money, riches, substance. see HEBREW qanah....
3701. keseph -- silver, money
... Word Origin from kasaph Definition silver, money NASB Word Usage fine (2), fine
silver (2), money (100), pay (1), price (10), property (1),purchase price (1...
Library
Article vi. , Clause 2, of the Treaty ofPurchase, Transferring...
... LIFE OF WILLIAM CAREY, DD III."ARTICLE VI., CLAUSE 2, OF THE TREATY OFPURCHASE,
TRANSFERRING SERAMPORE TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT....
Inward Solitude is that which Chiefly Brings a Man to thePurchase...
... Internal Peace. CHAP. XII. Inward solitude is that which chiefly brings
a Man to thepurchase of Internal Peace. 119. Know that...
Light through Darkness
... From every human point of view thispurchase of land in territory already under
the control of the Babylonians, appeared to be an act of folly....
To the Rev. A. Brandram
... You will remember that I brought over specimens of paper from thirty to eighty reals
per ream, and that I was authorised topurchase 600 {197} reams of paper...
On the Incarnation and Redemption
... As they never earn money for themselves, they can neverpurchase their own liberty.
If ever they are to be free, someone else must procure their liberty....
Concerning Things Belonging to the Church, which Presbyters May...
... is decreed that the Church property shall be reclaimed; and it shall be in the
discretion of the bishop whether it is better to receive thepurchase price, or...
The Blood of the Covenant
... The blood of the New Covenant is redemption blood, apurchase price and
ransom from the power of Sin and the Law. In anypurchase...
Timely Supplies
... others. Not having sufficient money in hand topurchase what was needful
in order to make this change, prayer was the only resource....
Preface
... Ministers themselves are not perhaps sufficiently disposed topurchase works of
this kind: they are more ready topurchase books which will assist them, than...
Moreover, --To Touch Briefly Some of the More Recondite Topics...
... under the bonds of sin, because, as the Prophet saith, "We were sold under our sins."
For every man, when he yields to lust, is receiving thepurchase-money of...
Thesaurus
Purchase (25 Occurrences)... 2. (vt) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price;
as, to
purchase land, or a house. 3. (vt) To obtain by
...Purchase-book (4 Occurrences)
Purchase-book.Purchase,Purchase-book. Purchased . Multi-Version
ConcordancePurchase-book (4 Occurrences). Jeremiah...
Evidence (41 Occurrences)
... elegchos, phaneros: In Jeremiah 32:10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 44, cepher, "a writing,"
is translated (the King James Version) "evidence" (of thepurchase of the field...
Neri'ah (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:12 And I give thepurchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah,
before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle's son, and before the eyes of the...
Nerijah (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:12 and I gave the writing of thepurchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah,
the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in...
Neriah (10 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:12 and I delivered the deed of thepurchase to Baruch the son of Neriah,
the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the...
Redemption (46 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Thepurchase back of something that had been lost,
by the payment of a ransom. The Greek word so rendered...
Sepulchre (57 Occurrences)
... over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money
of the sons of Emmor [the son] of Sychem." In this way thepurchase made by...
Purchased (24 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) ofPurchase.... Exodus 12:44 and any man's servant, thepurchase of money,
when thou hast circumcised him -- then he doth eat of it; (See NAS)....
Deed (71 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:11 So I took the deed of thepurchase, both that which was sealed,
containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; (WEB JPS ASV NAS...
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