ὠνέομαι G5608
buy, purchase, acquire by payment
To purchase or acquire something through payment. In Acts 7:16, Stephen recounts how Abraham bought a tomb from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of silver. The term across languages (Spanish 'compró', French 'acheter', English 'bought') consistently denotes commercial transaction and property acquisition, an important detail in tracing the patriarchal connection to the promised land through purchased burial rights.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To acquire through purchase or financial transaction. Acts 7:16 uses this verb to describe Abraham's acquisition of a burial plot, though the exact historical details are debated. The commercial nature of the transaction establishes legal ownership and permanent connection to the land, anticipating Israel's future inheritance. 1×
AR["اشْتَرَاهُ"]·ben["কিনেছিলেন"]·DE["ὠνήσατο"]·EN["bought"]·FR["acheter"]·heb["קָנָה"]·HI["मोल-लिया-था"]·ID["membeli"]·IT["comprare"]·jav["tumbas"]·KO["샀다"]·PT["comprou"]·RU["купил"]·ES["compró"]·SW["alinunua"]·TR["satın-almıştı"]·urd["خریدا-تھا"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὠνέομαι, Refs: future -ήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+:—in Attic dialect usually with the syllabic augment, ἐωνούμην Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἐωνησάμην Refs 5th c.BC+; participle ὠνησάμενος Refs 2nd c.BC+ not in Attic inscriptions earlier than Refs 1st c.BC+ being used in Attic dialect; ὠνησάμην in the proverbial Χῖος δεσπότην ὠνήσατο Refs 5th c.BC+perfect ἐώνημαι in active sense, Refs 5th c.BC+ (so…