To buy
ὠνέομαιStrong’s G5608ōneomai
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Ōneomai is the Greek word usually translated “bought”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bought”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bought 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ὠνέομαι ōneomai · to buy
ὠνέομαι, -οῦραι to buy: ὠνήσατο (= cl. ἐπρίατο; see Rutherford, NPhr., 210 ff.; Veitch, see word), with genitive pret., Act.7:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “buy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BUY, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive bought. pronoun bawt.]
- To acquire the property, right or title to any thing, by paying a consideration or an equivalent in money.
- To procure by a consideration given, or by something that is deemed worth the thing bought; to procure at a price; as, to buy pleasure with praise; to buy favor with flattery.
- To bribe; to corrupt or pervert the judgment, by paying a consideration.
- To purchase the share or shares of a person in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place, as, A buys out B.
All definitions and other forms of “buy”
BUY, verb intransitive
To negotiate, or treat about a purchase.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.