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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Owner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

2. The ox knoweth his owner Isaiah 1:3 .

3. The centurion believed the master and owner of the ship. Acts 27:11 .

Owner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

Ownerless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without an owner.

Ownership [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Property; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title. The ownership of the estate is in A; the possession is in B.

Ownership [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

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20 KJV and 36 BSB verses contain “Owner” — showing the first 20. Show all 43 verses (searchable)

Exodus 21:21

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

Exodus 21:28

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

Exodus 21:29

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

Exodus 21:32

If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

Exodus 21:34

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.

Exodus 21:36

Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

Exodus 22:8

If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

Exodus 22:11

Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

Exodus 22:12

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.

Exodus 22:14

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

Exodus 22:15

But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.

Leviticus 6:5

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

Leviticus 14:35

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’

Leviticus 25:53

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Leviticus 27:13

But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

Leviticus 27:24

In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

Judges 19:23

And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.

1 Kings 16:24

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

Job 31:39

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.