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Strong's H4735 מִקְנֶה (miqneh)

Miqneh means “something bought” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4735 — stephanos (“crown”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4735
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 64
Books 16

Strong's H4735 Quick Answer

Strong's H4735 מִקנֶה (miqneh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. miqneh (mik-neh') n-m. 1. something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock 2. abstractly, acquisition It has 64 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include cattle, their, but, your, and only. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
miqneh (mik-neh') n-m. 1. something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock 2. abstractly, acquisition
Usage
64 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cattle, their, but, your, and only

Meaning and Definition

miqneh (mik-neh') n-m. 1. something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock 2. abstractly, acquisition [from H7069] KJV: cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance. Root(s): H7069

Original Word
מִקנֶה
Transliteration
miqneh
Derivation
Root: קנה First root strongs: 7069
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4735. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

livestock

Usage: 1) cattle, livestock 1a) cattle, livestock 1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal 1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks)

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How Strong's H4735 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render miqneh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

cattle Exodus 9:3 35× their Genesis 34:23 but Exodus 9:6 only Numbers 20:19 your Genesis 47:16

How Strong's H4735 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 64 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4735 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4735 in the Old Testament

64 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:20 KJV

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Genesis 13:2 KJV

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 13:7 KJV

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Usage Excerpts

First 64 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4735.

Genesis 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Genesis 30:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
Genesis 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Genesis 34:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Genesis 34:23 Old Testament, KJV
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Genesis 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
Genesis 36:7 Old Testament, KJV
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Genesis 46:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
Genesis 46:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
Genesis 46:34 Old Testament, KJV
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis 47:6 Old Testament, KJV
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Genesis 47:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
Genesis 47:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
Genesis 47:18 Old Testament, KJV
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Genesis 49:32 Old Testament, KJV
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
Exodus 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
Exodus 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
Exodus 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
Exodus 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
Exodus 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus 10:26 Old Testament, KJV
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
Exodus 12:38 Old Testament, KJV
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
Exodus 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus 34:19 Old Testament, KJV
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Numbers 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
Numbers 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Numbers 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
Numbers 32:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Numbers 32:26 Old Testament, KJV
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Deuteronomy 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
Joshua 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
Joshua 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
Joshua 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
Judges 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Judges 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
1 Samuel 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
1 Samuel 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
2 Kings 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
1 Chronicles 5:9 Old Testament, KJV
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
1 Chronicles 7:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
1 Chronicles 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
2 Chronicles 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
Job 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Job 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job 36:33 Old Testament, KJV
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
Psalms 78:48 Old Testament, KJV
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Isaiah 30:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Jeremiah 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah 49:32 Old Testament, KJV
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 38:12 Old Testament, KJV
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Ezekiel 38:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4735, grouped by book.

Genesis 21 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4735 FAQ

What does miqneh (מִקְנֶה) mean?

Miqneh (Strong's H4735) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "something bought". miqneh (mik-neh') n-m. 1. something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock 2. abstractly, acquisition

How many times is miqneh (מִקְנֶה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 64 linked usages for Strong's H4735 across 16 books.

Where can I study miqneh (מִקְנֶה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4735 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate miqneh (מִקְנֶה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cattle, their, but, your, and only. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.