Strong's Hebrew · H7666
שָׁבַר
shâbar · shaw-bar'
Definitionto deal in grain
Derivationdenominative from H7668 (שֶׁבֶר);
KJV usagebuy, sell.
Occurrences21 in the KJV · 20 verses
שָׁבַר in Scripture
Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Genesis 42:2
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Genesis 42:3
And Joseph' s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph' s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 42:7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Genesis 42:10
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Genesis 43:2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Genesis 43:4
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Genesis 43:20
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Genesis 43:22
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
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