mikne · livestock

What it means

mikne (מִקְנֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “livestock”.

The animals someone owns, as property.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The animals someone owns, above all cattle, sheep and donkeys: his wealth.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Livestock: the animals someone owns, his main wealth. It comes from קָנָה, “acquire” (H7069): it is what has been acquired.

• Those who “{have} livestock” Genesis 4:20Genesis 46:32
• Wealth in livestock Genesis 13:22 Chronicles 32:29
• The pestilence on the livestock of Egypt Exodus 9:3
• Land fit for livestock Numbers 32:1
• What was acquired: the field and the cave Genesis 49:32

Historical and cultural background

Genesis 4:20 presents Jabal as “the father of those who live in tents and {have} livestock”, and Genesis 46:32-34 tells how the sons of Jacob present themselves before Pharaoh as “men of livestock”.

How we translate it

“Livestock” 65 times, “herds” 7, “flocks” 2; “men of livestock” for those whose trade is raising it (Genesis 46:32). In Genesis 49:32 it is translated “{were} acquired”, the sense of its root.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• livestock ×65
• herds ×7
• flocks ×2
• cattle ×1
• were acquired ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×28
• Exodus×13
• Numbers×8
• Deuteronomy×2
• Joshua×3
• Judges×2
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×4
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Job×3
• Psalms×1
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×2

• Genesis 4:20

  And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.

• Genesis 13:2

  Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

• Genesis 13:7

  So there was a quarrel between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living then in the land.

• Genesis 26:14

  He had flocks and herds and many servants, and the Philistines envied him.

• Genesis 29:7

  He said, “Look, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep and go, pasture them.”

• Genesis 30:29

  He said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has fared with me.

• Genesis 31:9

  So Elohim has taken away the livestock of your father and given it to me.

• Genesis 31:18

  He drove off all his livestock and all his property that he had acquired, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

• Genesis 33:17

  But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

• Genesis 34:5

  Jacob heard that he had made Dinah his daughter unclean; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came.

• Genesis 34:23

  Their livestock, their property, and all their animals, will they not be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

• Genesis 36:6

  Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his livestock, all his animals, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to a land away from Jacob his brother.

• Genesis 36:7

  For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they resided as aliens could not support them because of their livestock.

• Genesis 46:6

  They took their livestock and their goods that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him;

• Genesis 46:32

  The men are shepherds of flocks, for they have been men of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

• Genesis 46:34

  you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd of flocks is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

• Genesis 47:6

  The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land settle your father and your brothers; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them capable men, put them as chiefs over livestock, over what is mine.”

• Genesis 47:16

  Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if your silver is gone.”

• Genesis 47:17

  So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys; and he carried them through with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.

• Genesis 47:18

  That year ended, and they came to him the second year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that the silver is spent and the herds of animals belong to my lord; nothing is left before my lord except our bodies and our land.

• Genesis 49:32

  The field and the cave that is in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”

• Exodus 9:3

  look, the hand of YHWH will be on your livestock that are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the flocks, with a very severe pestilence.

• Exodus 9:4

  But YHWH will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’”

• Exodus 9:6

  And YHWH did this thing the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the sons of Israel not one died.

• Exodus 9:7

  Pharaoh sent, and look, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But the heart of Pharaoh was insensitive, and he did not let the people go.

• Exodus 9:19

  So now, send, bring to safety your livestock and all that you have in the field; every person and animal that is found in the field and is not brought home, the hail will come down on them, and they will die.”’”

• Exodus 9:20

  Whoever feared the word of YHWH among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses;

• Exodus 9:21

  but whoever did not pay attention to the word of YHWH left his servants and his livestock in the field.

• Exodus 10:26

  Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for from it we must take to serve YHWH our Elohim, and we do not know with what we must serve YHWH until we arrive there.”

• Exodus 12:38

  And also a great mixed crowd went up with them, and flocks and herds, livestock in very great numbers.

• Exodus 17:3

  The people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it you brought us up from Egypt to kill me and my sons and my livestock with thirst?”

• Exodus 34:19

  Everything that first opens the womb is mine, and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of ox and lamb.

• Numbers 20:19

  And the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay its price. Only it is nothing: let me pass through on foot.”

• Numbers 31:9

  The sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their animals and all their livestock and all their wealth they looted.

• Numbers 32:1

  The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had much livestock, very numerous; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and look, the place was a place for livestock.

• Numbers 32:4

  the land that YHWH struck before the community of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”

• Numbers 32:16

  They came near to him and said, “We will build sheep pens here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

• Numbers 32:26

  Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals shall be there in the cities of Gilead,

• Deuteronomy 3:19

  Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities that I have given you,

• Joshua 1:14

  Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross in battle formation before your brothers, all the mighty warriors, and help them,

And 36 more times.