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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

2. (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

3. (n.) A purchase; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

4. (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.

5. (n.) To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

6. (v. t.) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Greek

4934. suntithemi -- to place together, hence observe, agree
... Middle voice from sun and tithemi; to place jointly, ie (figuratively) to consent
(bargain, stipulate), concur -- agree, assent, covenant. see GREEK sun. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3739. karah -- to trade, get by trade
... 3738b, 3739. karah. 3740 . to trade, get by trade. Transliteration: karah Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-raw') Short Definition: bargain. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6161. arubbah -- a thing exchanged, pledge, token
... Feminine passive participle of Anammelek in the sense of a bargain or exchange;
something given as security, ie (literally) a token (of safety) or ...
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6148. arab -- to take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange
... 1), become surety (1), becomes (1), becomes surety (2), dare to risk (1), deal
(1), dealers (1), guarantor (1), intermingled (1), make a bargain (2), mingled ( ...
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4117. mahar -- to acquire by paying a purchase price
... A primitive root (perhaps rather the same as mahar through the idea of readiness
in assent); to bargain (for a wife), ie To wed -- endow, X surely. ...
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8566. tanah -- to hire
... hire. A primitive root; to present (a mercenary inducement), ie Bargain with (a
harlot) -- hire. 8565, 8566. tanah. 8567 . Strong's Numbers.
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3772. karath -- to cut off, cut down
... primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume;
specifically, to covenant (ie Make an alliance or bargain, originally by ...
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Library

A Bad Bargain
... GENESIS A BAD BARGAIN. 'And ... soul? How many shrewd 'men of the highest
commercial standing' are making as bad a bargain as Esau's! ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/a bad bargain.htm

Pottage Versus Birthright
... Jacob. (b) The Bargain. ... 'This their way is their folly.'. 3. How well the
bargain worked at first, and what came of it at last. No ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/pottage versus birthright.htm

The Sunday Christian.
... If they did not do it at the first operation, they rarely omitted it afterwards,
and for sufficient reason; he was sharp at making a bargain, and never felt ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arthur/words for the wise/the sunday christian.htm

Judas Hangs Himself.
... Your accursed pieces of silver!". Annas interrupted him, saying, "Thou didst propose
it thyself and close the bargain.". ... I tear up your shameful bargain. ...
/.../stead/king of the jews/chapter vi judas hangs himself.htm

The Merchantmen in the Temple
... Any one can understand that this is but a trade and a merchandise " they give one
thing to get another, and think they can thus drive a bargain with the Lord ...
/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xvi the merchantmen in.htm

The Third Day in Pasion-Week - the Last Series of Parables: to the ...
... eleventh hour. This is in accordance with their not having made any bargain
at the first, but trusted entirely to the householder. But ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v the third day.htm

Sermon for Palm Sunday
... they wish to give one thing in exchange for another, and would fain thus drive a
traffic with our Lord; and they are deceived in their bargain, for all that ...
/.../xiii sermon for palm sunday.htm

Thou Shalt not Steal.
... and queer finances or dexterous tricks takes advantage of him; likewise, when one
overcharges a person in a trade and wantonly drives a hard bargain, skins and ...
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Of the First Covenant.
... There is no latitude left in the bargain to admit endeavours instead of performance,
or desire instead of duty. There is no place for repentance here. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture xxii of the first.htm

Servants of Sin.
... Being filled with pride, he refused to bow down to God, and made a bargain with
Satan that he was to have his own way, and every wish gratified for a certain ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xlii servants of sin.htm

Thesaurus

Bargain (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A purchase; also (when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an
advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain. ...
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Contract (3 Occurrences)
... a disease. 4. (n.) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for. 5. (n.) To betroth; to affiance. 6 ...
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Buying (12 Occurrences)
... buyers do today. Every where you find them now keen for bargains, but
"striking a bargain" is a tedious process. They grow warm ...
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Traffic (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain. 3. (vt) To exchange
in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration. ...
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Earnest (33 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token
or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale. Int. ...
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Mart (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A market. 2. (n.) A bargain. 3. (vt) To buy or
sell in, or as in, a mart. 4. (vt) To traffic. 5. (n.) The god Mars. ...
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Pennyworth (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid
out; a good bargain; a bargain. 3. (n.) A small quantity; a trifle. ...
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Cheap (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. ... 4. (adv.)
Cheaply. 5. (vi) To buy; to bargain. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Strike (168 Occurrences)
... a light. 12. (vt) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. 13. (vt) To
make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. 14. (vt) To take ...
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Nail (9 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to
acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap. ...
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Bible Concordance

Bargain (7 Occurrences)

Leviticus 6:2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
(WEB ASV)

2 Kings 18:23 Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 6:27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
(See RSV)

Job 41:6 Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?
(See NAS RSV)

Isaiah 36:8 And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 57:8 And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it
(See RSV)

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Bargain

Compromise

Compromise: Before Litigation, Enjoined

Related Terms

Contract (3 Occurrences)

Buying (12 Occurrences)

Traffic (12 Occurrences)

Earnest (33 Occurrences)

Mart (2 Occurrences)

Pennyworth (2 Occurrences)

Cheap (3 Occurrences)