To sell
מָכַרStrong’s H4376makhar (ma-khar)
Appears in 74 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Makhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “sold”, “sell” and “sold them”. It appears in 74 verses of the Old Testament.
“Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.”
Meaning
- To sell(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Hithpael) to sell oneself
How it's translated
- you sold 5
- he will sell 4
- and he sold them 4
- they sold 3
- it will be sold 3
- sell 2
- and he sold 2
- and he will sell him 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 16
- Genesis 10
- Exodus 6
- Deuteronomy 6
- Judges 5
- Nehemiah 5
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
- Genesis 25:33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Genesis 31:15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
- Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
- Genesis 37:28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
All 74 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָכַר makhar · to sell
1) to sell 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sell 1a2) seller (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be sold 1b2) to sell oneself 1b3) to be given over to death 1c) (Hithpael) to sell oneself
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sell” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SELL, noun
[Latin sella.]
A saddle, and a throne. Obs.
All definitions and other forms of “sell”
SELL, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive sold. [
- To transfer property or the exclusive right of possession to another for an equivalent in money. Genesis 37:27
- To betray; to deliver or surrender for money or reward; as, to sell one's country.
- To yield or give for a certain consideration. the troops fought like lions, and sold their lives dearly. that is, they yielded their lives, but first destroyed many, which made it a dear purchase for their enemies.
- In Scripture, to give up to be harassed and made slaves.“He sold them into the hands of their enemies” Judges 2:14
- To part with; to renounce or forsake.“Buy the truth and sell it not” Proverbs 23:23
SELL, verb intransitive
- To have commerce; to practice selling.
- To be sold.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.