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Piece

אֲגוֹרָהStrong’s H0095

agorah (a-go-rah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Agorah is the Hebrew word usually translated “payment of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.”
1 Samuel 2:36 KJV
Meaning
  1. Payment, piece, coin
How it's translated
  • for a payment of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    אֲגוֹרָה agorah · piece

    payment, piece, coin

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “piece” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PIECE, noun

    [Heb. to cut off or clip.]

    1. A fragment or part of any thing separated from the whole, in any manner, by cutting, splitting, breaking or tearing; as, to cut in pieces, break in pieces, tear in pieces, pull in pieces, etc.; a piece of a rock; a piece of paper.
    2. A part of any thing, though not separated, or separated only in idea; not the whole; a portion; as a piece of excellent knowledge.
    3. A distinct part or quantity; a part considered by itself, or separated from the rest only by a boundary or divisional line; as a piece of land in the meadow or on the mountain.
    4. A separate part; a thing or portion distinct from others of a like kind; as a piece of timber; a piece of cloth; a piece of paper hangings.
    All definitions and other forms of “piece”
    1. A composition, essay or writing of no great length; as a piece of poetry or prose; a piece of music.
    2. A separate performance; a distinct portion of labor; as a piece of work.
    3. A picture or painting.
    4. A coin; as a piece of eight.
    5. A gun or single part of ordnance.
    6. In heraldry, an ordinary or charge.
    7. In ridicule or contempt.
    8. A castle; a building. [Not in use.]

    PIECE, verb transitive

    To enlarge or mend by the addition of a piece; to patch; as, to piece a garment; to piece the time.

      PIECE, verb intransitive

      To unite by coalescence of parts; to be compacted, as parts into a whole.

        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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.