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Lexicon :: Strong's G4453 - pōleō

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πωλέω
Transliteration
pōleō (Key)
Pronunciation
po-leh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably ultimately from pelomai (to be busy, to trade)
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Strong’s Definitions

πωλέω pōléō, po-leh'-o; probably ultimately from πέλομαι pélomai (to be busy, to trade); to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell:—sell, whatever is sold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G4453 in the following manner: sell (21x), be sold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G4453 in the following manner: sell (21x), be sold (1x).

  1. to barter, to sell

  2. sellers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πωλέω pōléō, po-leh'-o; probably ultimately from πέλομαι pélomai (to be busy, to trade); to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell:—sell, whatever is sold.
STRONGS G4453:
πωλέω, πώλω; imperfect ἐπώλουν; 1 aorist ἐπώλησα; present passive πωλοῦμαι; (πελῶ πέλομαι, to turn, turn about, (Curtius, § 633, p. 470), from which (through the noun πωλη; Lob. in Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 57 bottom) πωλοῦμαι, Latinversor, followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, to frequent a place; cf. the Latinvenio andveneo); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָכַר; properly, to barter, i. e. to sell: absolutely (opposed to ἀγοράζειν), Luke 17:28; Revelation 13:17; οἱ πωλοῦντες (opposed to οἱ ἀγοράζοντες, buyers), sellers, Matthew 21:12; Matthew 25:9; Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45; with the accusative of a thing, Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:21; Matthew 21:12; Mark 10:21; Mark 11:15; Luke (Luke 12:33); Luke 18:22; 22:36; John 2:14, 16; Acts 5:1; supply αὐτόν, Acts 4:37; αὐτά, Acts 4:34; passive, 1 Corinthians 10:25; with a genitive of price added, Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:29; 13:44; 19:21; 21:12; 21:12; 25:9
Mark
10:21; 11:15; 11:15
Luke
12:6; 12:33; 17:28; 18:22; 19:45; 22:36
John
2:14; 2:16
Acts
4:34; 4:37; 5:1
1 Corinthians
10:25
Revelation
13:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4453 matches the Greek πωλέω (pōleō),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44 - "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:12 - Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:9 - 'No,' they replied. 'There won't be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:15 - Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:6 - Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out - a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:45 - Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36 - He said to them, "But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler's bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:16 - To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:34 - For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:1 - Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:25 - Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:17 - Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast - that is, his name or his number.
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