To trade
רָכַלStrong’s H7402rakhal (ra-khal)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rakhal is the Hebrew word usually translated “traders your”, “traders” and “trader your”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.”
Meaning
- To go about (meaning uncertain)(Qal) trafficker, trader (participle) (subst)
How it's translated
- traders your 6
- the traders 2
- and the traders 2
- trader your 2
- traders of 2
- a trader 1
- traders 1
- trader 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 9
- Nehemiah 3
- 1 Kings 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Nahum 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 3:31After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
- Nehemiah 3:32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- Nehemiah 13:20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
- Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
- Ezekiel 17:4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
- Ezekiel 27:3And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Hebrew dictionary
רָכַל rakhal · to trade
1) to go about (meaning uncertain) 1a) (Qal) trafficker, trader (participle) (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trade” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRADE, noun
[Latin tracto, to handle, use, treat.]
- The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter; or the business of buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter. trade comprehends every species of exchange or dealing, either in the produce of land, in manufactures, in bills or money.
- The business which a person has learned and which he carries on for procuring subsistence or for profit; occupation; particularly, mechanical employment; distinguished from the liberal arts and learned professions, and from agriculture.
- Business pursued; occupation; in contempt; as, piracy is their trade
- Instruments of any occupation.
All definitions and other forms of “trade”
- Employment not manual; habitual exercise.
- Custom; habit; standing practice.
- Men engaged in the same occupation.
TRADE, verb intransitive
To barter, or to buy and sell; to deal in the exchange, purchase or sale of goods, wares and merchandise, or any thing else; to traffic; to carry on commerce as a business. Thus American merchants trade with the English at London and at Liverpool; they trade with the French at Havre and Bordeaux, and they trade with Canada. The country shopkeepers trade with London merchants. Our banks are permitted to trade in bills of exchange.
- To buy and sell or exchange property, in a single instance.
- To act merely for money.
- To have a trade wind.
TRADE, verb transitive
To sell or exchange in commerce.
- “They traded the persons of men” Ezekiel 27:13
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.