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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A rib; a side; a region or coast.

2. (n.) See Cottise.

3. (imp. & p. p.) of Cost.

4. (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.

5. (v. t.) To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

6. (n.) The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.

7. (v. t.) Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.

8. (v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation.

Greek
1160. dapane -- expense, cost
... expense, cost. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dapane Phonetic Spelling:
(dap-an'-ay) Short Definition: cost, expense Definition: cost, expense. ...
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1160a. dapane -- expense, cost
... expense, cost. Transliteration: dapane Short Definition: cost. Word Origin from
dapto (to devour) Definition expense, cost NASB Word Usage cost (1). ...
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5524. choregeo -- to lead a chorus (ie a group of performers), to ...
... to lead a chorus (ie a group of performers), to defray the cost of a chorus. Part
of Speech: Verb Transliteration: choregeo Phonetic Spelling: (khor-ayg-eh'-o ...
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1431. dorea -- a gift
... Origin from didomi Definition a gift NASB Word Usage freely (1), gift (12), needlessly
(1), without a cause (1), without charge (1), without cost (2), without ...
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1159. dapanao -- to spend, spend freely
... consume, spend. From dapane; to expend, ie (in a good sense) to incur cost, or
(in a bad one) to waste -- be at charges, consume, spend. see GREEK dapane. ...
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1432. dorean -- as a gift, to no purpose
... Cognate: 1432 (the adverbial form of 1431/) -- something done (as ), ie ""; unearned
(undeserved); freely given (without cost) hence not done out of mere ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2600. chinnam -- out of favor
... Word Origin from chanan Definition out of favor NASB Word Usage free (1), nothing
(4), useless (1), uselessly (1), vain (2), which cost (1), which cost me ...
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5313. niphqah -- an outlay
... 5312, 5313. niphqah. 5314 . an outlay. Transliteration: niphqah Phonetic
Spelling: (nif-kaw') Short Definition: cost. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/5313.htm - 6k

4242. mechir -- price, hire
... Word Origin from the same as machar Definition price, hire NASB Word Usage
cost (2), payment (1), price (10), sale (1), wages (1). ...
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Library

Counting the Cost.
... RENEWED MINISTRY IN PEREA COUNTING THE COST. Now there went with him great
multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them, "If any ...
//christianbookshelf.org/barton/his life/counting the cost.htm

The Cost of a Lie
... THE OLD TESTAMENT THE COST OF A LIE. Then David went to Nob, to Ahimelech
the priest who came trembling to meet David and said to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the cost of a lie.htm

The Cost of Being Cruel and Stubborn
... THE OLD TESTAMENT THE COST OF BEING CRUEL AND STUBBORN. Then Jehovah said to
Moses, "Pharaoh is stubborn; he will not let the people go. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the cost of being cruel.htm

Cost of Discipleship must be Counted.
... From the Third Passover Until Our Lord's Arrival at Bethany. (Time: One Year Less
One Week.) XCI. Cost of Discipleship Must Be Counted. (Probably Per??a.) ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xci cost of discipleship must.htm

Building for Community Service
... When a business man plans to put up an expensive building he does not seek the cheapest
land but the best location regardless of the cost of the land. ...
/.../vogt/church cooperation in community life/chapter v building for community.htm

Who are the Wise?
... He is likened to a man who was foolish enough to build his house upon the sand.
This man would better not have built at all, for the cost of building was lost. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/who are the wise.htm

The Foundlings
... themselves. The result was a resolve to rescue the little victims at any cost. ...
hands. But the cost of maintenance was a more serious matter. ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 7 the foundlings.htm

Costly and Fatal Help
... II. So notice again how this story teaches the heavy cost of these helpers' help. ...
Here is a man that 'succeeds in life,' as we call it. What does it cost him? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/costly and fatal help.htm

"The Glad Giver"
... And all that He hath done for us, and doeth, and ever shall, was never cost nor
charge to Him, nor might be, but only that [which] He did in our manhood ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xxiii the glad giver.htm

Sin's Healing Shadow.
... sacrifice. Every good thing done cost somebody his life. ... did. The nations that
are freest cost most in the making, in the lives of men. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/sins healing shadow.htm

Thesaurus
Cost (28 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A rib; a side; a region or coast. 2.
(n.) See Cottise. 3. (imp. & pp) of Cost. 4. (vt) To require ...
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Expense (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Cost; use of money, resources or time; spending or consuming; disbursement;
expenditure. ... Have we eaten at all at the king's cost? ...
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Estimate (6 Occurrences)
... to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make
an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a ...
/e/estimate.htm - 9k

Araunah (14 Occurrences)
... it at its full price (2 Samuel 24:24; 1 Chronicles 21:24, 25), for, according to
the law of sacrifices, he could not offer to God what cost him nothing. ...
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Insist (7 Occurrences)
... I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David
bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. ...
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Redeemed (78 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Corinthians 6:20 And you are not your own, for you have been redeemed
at infinite cost. Therefore glorify God in your bodies. (WEY). ...
/r/redeemed.htm - 31k

Sacrifice (300 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. ... 8. (n.)
To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value. ...
/s/sacrifice.htm - 101k

Ephod (45 Occurrences)
... Israel (Judges 8:27). It has been argued that a vestment would not cost
seventeen hundred shekels of gold. Possibly Gideon set up ...
/e/ephod.htm - 27k

Buy (71 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally
or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain. ...
/b/buy.htm - 29k

Infinite (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 6:20 And you are not your own, for you have been redeemed at
infinite cost. Therefore glorify God in your bodies. (WEY). ...
/i/infinite.htm - 15k

Resources
What does it mean to “count the cost” (Luke 14:28)? | GotQuestions.org

If I convert to Christianity, my family will disown me, and I will be persecuted. Should I follow Jesus? | GotQuestions.org

What is cheap grace? | GotQuestions.org

Cost: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Cost (28 Occurrences)

Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 6:20
And you are not your own, for you have been redeemed at infinite cost. Therefore glorify God in your bodies.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 7:23
You have all been redeemed at infinite cost: do not become slaves to men.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 9:7
What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 9:18
What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.
(WEY DBY)

2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?
(See RSV)

2 Thessalonians 3:8
nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:
(DBY)

Revelation 21:6
He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
(See NAS NIV)

Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
(See NAS)

Exodus 32:29
Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."
(See RSV)

Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
(See NIV)

Numbers 16:38
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 15:18
It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
(See RSV)

Joshua 6:26
for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 19:42
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's cost? Or has he given us any gift?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 24:24
The king said to Araunah, "No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 2:23
Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:19
Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle; but they didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, "He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads."
(See NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:24
King David said to Ornan, No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering without cost.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 6:4
with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
(Root in WEB NIV)

Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
(WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 23:7
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
(DBY)

Isaiah 55:1
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 15:13
Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 42:20
For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:
(See RSV)

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Insist (7 Occurrences)

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Ephod (45 Occurrences)

Buy (71 Occurrences)

Infinite (8 Occurrences)

Wages (52 Occurrences)

Burnt-offerings (86 Occurrences)

Nay (92 Occurrences)

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Overlay (15 Occurrences)

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Grapes (74 Occurrences)

Wherewith (182 Occurrences)

Wants (49 Occurrences)

Intending (24 Occurrences)

Finish (35 Occurrences)

Thinks (20 Occurrences)

Taxation (1 Occurrence)

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Tends (8 Occurrences)

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Dainty (7 Occurrences)

Dainties (14 Occurrences)

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Privileges (2 Occurrences)

Plating (13 Occurrences)

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Counteth (7 Occurrences)

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Complete (246 Occurrences)

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Sufficient (28 Occurrences)

Shoe (13 Occurrences)

Sponge (3 Occurrences)

Whether (239 Occurrences)

Brick (10 Occurrences)

Threshingfloor (18 Occurrences)

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Acco (2 Occurrences)

Kin (18 Occurrences)

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