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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - 'Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44 - 'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:12 - And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:9 - and the prudent answered, saying -- Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, 'One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:15 - And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:6 - 'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:45 - And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:36 - Then said he to them, 'But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take it up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:16 - and to those selling the doves he said, 'Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:34 - for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - a field being his, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:1 - And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:25 - Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:17 - and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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