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1 Kings 21:2

So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

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ASV

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

KJV

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696 →
אַחְאָ֣ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
נָב֣וֹת׀na.VotNabothH5022 →
לֵאמֹר֩׀le.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
תְּנָה־te.nah-give !H5414 →
לִּ֨יlito me
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כַּרְמְךָ֜kar.me.Khavineyard yourH3754 →
וִֽיהִי־vi.hi-so may it belongH1961 →
לִ֣יlito me
לְגַן־le.gan-to a garden ofH1588 →
יָרָ֗קya.RakvegetablesH3419 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
ה֤וּאhu'itH1931 →
קָרוֹב֙ka.rOv[is] nearH7138 →
אֵ֣צֶל'E.tzelbesideH681 →
בֵּיתִ֔יbei.Tihouse myH1004 →
וְאֶתְּנָ֤הve.'e.te.Nahand I will giveH5414 →
לְךָ֙le.Khato <the> you
תַּחְתָּ֔יוtach.Tavin place of itH8478 →
כֶּ֖רֶםKe.rema vineyardH3754 →
ט֣וֹבTovgoodH2896 →
מִמֶּ֑נּוּmi.Me.numore than itH4480 →
אִ֚ם'imifH518 →
ט֣וֹבTov[it is] goodH2895 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
אֶתְּנָה־'e.te.nah-I will giveH5414 →
לְךָ֥le.Khato you
כֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefmoneyH3701 →
מְחִ֥ירme.Chir[the] price ofH4242 →
זֶֽה׃Zehthis [one]H2088 →

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1 Samuel 8:14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.1 Chronicles 21:22Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”Zechariah 11:12Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.Deuteronomy 11:10For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.1 Samuel 8:6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.1 Samuel 29:6So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.Deuteronomy 5:21You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”Habakkuk 2:9–11Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Genesis 16:6“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.Song of Solomon 4:15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

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