תְּמוּרָה
temura · substitute
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8545 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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temura (תְּמוּרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “substitute”.
What is given in exchange for something else; a substitute; also a reward.
How to say it
te·mu·ra
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
- What is given or received in place of something else.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- exchange ×4
- substitute ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 27:10
He shall not exchange it or substitute for it, a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; and if he does substitute one beast for another beast, then both it and its substitute shall be holy.
- Leviticus 27:33
He shall not inquire whether good or bad, and he shall not substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and its substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”
- Ruth 4:7
Now this was done formerly in Israel concerning redemption and concerning exchange, to confirm any matter: a man took off his sandal and gave it to his companion; and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.
- Job 15:31
Let him not trust in emptiness, led astray, for emptiness will be what he gets in exchange.
- Job 20:18
He gives back what he toiled for, and does not swallow it; according to the wealth of what he got in exchange, he does not rejoice.
- Job 28:17
Gold and crystal cannot equal it, nor is its exchange a vessel of refined gold.