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A great many Hebrew words are in the Old Testament translated “get,†“got,†etc. The word “get†has two meanings: (1) with the idea of movement, “to go,†etc.; (2) with that of acquisition, “to gain,†“obtain,†etc. (1) In the first sense the most frequent words are boÌ„', “to come, or go in†(; , etc.); yaÌ„lakh “to go on†(; ; ; , etc.); yaÌ„radh, “to go down†(; ); ‛aÌ„laÌ„h, “to go up†(; ; , etc.). Other words are nuÌ„dh, “to move off†( the King James Version; ); naÌ„saÌ„', “to remove†(); yaÌ„caÌ„', “to go out†(; ; ). (2) In the sense of acquisition, the words most frequently translated “get,†etc., are ‛aÌ„saÌ„h, “to do,†“to make†(; ; , ); kÌ£aÌ„naÌ„h, “to get,†“obtain†(; , ; the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “boughtâ€; , the Revised Version (British and American) “buyâ€); maÌ„caÌ„' “to find†(; ); raÌ„khash, “to acquire,†“gain†(; the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “gatheredâ€; ).
Getting is the translation of pō‛al (), of kiÌ„nyaÌ„n “obtaining†(; , the English Revised Version text and the American Standard Revised Version margin “all thou hast gottenâ€). In the New Testament “get†in the first sense is the translation of exeÌrchomai, “to go out or forth†(; ; ); of eÌxeimi, “to go out or forth†(); of katabaıÌnoÌ„, “to go down†(); hupaÌgoÌ„, “to go away or under,†“Get ... behind†(; the King James Version, “Get ... henceâ€; ). The only separate word translated “get†in the second sense is heurıÌskoÌ„, “to begin to find†(usually translated “findâ€) ( the King James Version, “that they may go ... and get victualsâ€).
For “get†the Revised Version (British and American) has “mount†(), “buy†(; ; ); for “get you down†(), “tread ye,†margin “get you downâ€; “get†for “possess†(); “get them away†for “gather themselves together†(); “get us†for “apply†(); “let us get grain†for “therefore we take up corn for them,†and for “that we might buy corn†(, ); “get you no†for “provide neither†(); “getteth prudence†for “is prudent,†margin “dealeth prudently†(); “getteth†for “coveteth†().