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Lexicon :: Strong's H4376 - māḵar

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מָכַר
Transliteration
māḵar
Pronunciation
maw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1194

Strong’s Definitions

מָכַר mâkar, maw-kar'; a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender):—× at all, sell (away, -er, self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H4376 in the following manner: sell (75x), seller (4x), at all (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H4376 in the following manner: sell (75x), seller (4x), at all (1x).

  1. to sell

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sell

      2. seller (participle)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be sold

      2. to sell oneself

      3. to be given over to death

    3. (Hithpael) to sell oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָכַר mâkar, maw-kar'; a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender):—× at all, sell (away, -er, self).
STRONGS H4376: Abbreviations
† מָכַר verb sell (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מכר; Zinjirli מכרו price, DHMSendsch. 60; Aramaic bdb056901, מְכַר marry (i.e. buy as a wife); compare Assyrian makkûru, namkur(r)u, nakkuru, possession, property, DlHWB 408); —
Qal Perfect מ׳ Leviticus 27:20 + 2 times; suffix מְכָרוֺ Exodus 21:37 + 2 times; 1st person singular מָכַרְתִּי Isaiah 50:1 + 2 times, etc.; Imperfect יִמְכֹּר Exodus 21:7 +, etc.; Imperative מִכְרָ֫ה Genesis 25:31; feminine singular מִכְרִי 2 Kings 4:7; Infinitive absolute מָכֹר Deuteronomy 14:21; Deuteronomy 21:14; construct מְכוֺר Nehemiah 10:32; suffix מָכְרָהּ Exodus 21:8; מִכְרָם Amos 2:6; Nehemiah 13:15 (compare BaNB 104); Participle מֹכֵר (מוֺכֵר) Leviticus 25:16 + 3 times; feminine מֹכֶרֶת Nahum 3:4, etc.; — sell (with בְּ pret. Amos 2:6; Joel 4:3 [Joel 3:3]; Psalm 44:13) followed by accusative e.g. land Genesis 47:20, 22 (J), Leviticus 25:14 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Leviticus 25:25 (H; followed by מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֺ) compare Ezekiel 48:14 (followed by מִן partitive), Leviticus 25:15 (no object expressed), so Leviticus 25:27; Leviticus 27:20 (H), Ruth 4:3; house Leviticus 25:29 (H); beast Exodus 21:35; Exodus 21:37 (E); flesh Deuteronomy 14:21 (no object); crop Leviticus 25:16 (H); food Nehemiah 10:32; Nehemiah 13:15, 16, compare Nehemiah 13:20 (followed by מִמְכָר); oil 2 Kings 4:7; linen Proverbs 31:24; birthright Genesis 25:31, 33 (J); most often human beings, e.g. as slaves Genesis 37:27, 28, 36; Genesis 45:4, 5 (all J E), Exodus 21:16 (E), Deuteronomy 21:14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 24:7, compare Amos 2:6; Nehemiah 5:8; Zechariah 11:5; Joel 4:3 [Joel 3:3]; Joel 4:6 [Joel 3:6]; Joel 4:7 [Joel 3:7]; Joel 4:8 [Joel 3:8] (twice in verse); especially daughters Exodus 21:7, 8 (E); in marriage Genesis 31:15 (E); Participle = seller Isaiah 24:2; Ezekiel 7:12, 13; figurative, object truth Proverbs 23:23; of Nineveh, selling nations גּוֺיִם Nahum 3:4; especially י׳ selling his people (to enemies), i.e. giving it entirely into their power: Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalm 44:13; Isaiah 50:1, also (בְּיַד מ׳) Judges 2:14; Judges 3:8; Judges 4:2; Judges 10:7; 1 Samuel 12:9; compare Judges 4:9 (Sisera to woman); also Ezekiel 30:12 (strike out Co after B and others).
Niph. Perfect נִמְכַּר Leviticus 25:48 + 5 times, etc.; Imperfect יִמָּכֵר Leviticus 25:34 + 3 times, etc.; Infinitive הִמָּֽכְרוֺ Leviticus 25:50; Participle plural נִמְכָּרִים Nehemiah 5:8; — be sold, of land Leviticus 25:23, 34; beast Leviticus 27:27; compare Leviticus 27:28 (all P); of human beings as slaves Exodus 22:2 for (בְּ) theft (E), Leviticus 25:42 (P), Psalm 105:17; Esther 7:4; sell oneself Leviticus 25:39, 47, 48, 50 (PH), Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:14; Nehemiah 5:8 (twice in verse); figurative of Israel, sold by י׳, Isaiah 50:1 for (בְּ) their sins, Isaiah 52:3; compare Esther 7:4 = given over to death.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְמַכֵּר 1 Kings 21:25; וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּם consecutive Deuteronomy 28:68; וַיִּתְמַכְּרוּ 2 Kings 17:17; Infinitive הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ 1 Kings 21:20; sell oneself as slave Deuteronomy 28:68; figurative 1 Kings 21:20, 25; 2 Kings 17:17, all followed by לַעֲשׂוֺת הָרַע.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:31; 25:31; 25:33; 31:15; 37:27; 37:28; 37:36; 45:4; 45:5; 47:20; 47:22

Exodus

21:7; 21:7; 21:8; 21:8; 21:16; 21:35; 22:2

Leviticus

25:14; 25:15; 25:16; 25:16; 25:23; 25:25; 25:27; 25:29; 25:34; 25:34; 25:39; 25:42; 25:47; 25:48; 25:48; 25:50; 25:50; 27:20; 27:20; 27:27; 27:28

Deuteronomy

14:21; 14:21; 15:12; 21:14; 21:14; 24:7; 28:68; 28:68; 32:30

Judges

2:14; 3:8; 4:2; 4:9; 10:7

Ruth

4:3

1 Samuel

12:9

1 Kings

21:20; 21:20; 21:25; 21:25

2 Kings

4:7; 4:7; 17:17; 17:17

Nehemiah

5:8; 5:8; 5:8; 10:32; 10:32; 13:15; 13:15; 13:16; 13:20

Esther

7:4; 7:4

Psalms

44:13; 44:13; 105:17

Proverbs

23:23; 31:24

Isaiah

24:2; 50:1; 50:1; 50:1; 52:3

Jeremiah

34:14

Ezekiel

7:12; 7:13; 30:12; 48:14

Joel

3:3; 3:3; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8

Amos

2:6; 2:6; 2:6

Nahum

3:4; 3:4

Zechariah

11:5

H4376

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Strong's Number H4376 matches the Hebrew מָכַר (māḵar),
which occurs 80 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 25:31–Neh 5:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, Swear unto me now. And he swore unto him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - And Joseph bought all the soil of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them; and the land became Pharaoh's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 - -- And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox, and it die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money thereof, and divide the dead also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - According to the number of years since the jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour; according to the number of years of the produce, he shall sell unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - According to the greater number of the years, thou shalt increase the price thereof; and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt diminish the price of it; for it is the number of crops that he selleth unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relation, come and redeem that which his brother sold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 - then shall he reckon the years since the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and so return unto his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29 - And if any one sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he shall have the right of redemption up to the end of the year of the sale thereof; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - And the field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:42 - For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if a stranger or sojourner become wealthy beside thee, and thy brother beside him grow poor, and sell himself unto the stranger, who is settled by thee, or to a scion of the stranger's family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - after that he is sold there shall be right of redemption for him; one of his brethren may redeem him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of the years, according to the days of a hired servant shall he be with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - But if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add a fifth of it thereto; and if it be not redeemed, it shall be sold according to thy valuation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man hath devoted to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:68

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about; and they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the captain of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-Goim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will by all means go with thee, only that it will not be to thine honour upon the way which thou goest, for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold him into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And he said to him that had the right of redemption: Naomi, who is come back out of the country of Moab, sells the allotment that was our brother Elimelech's.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - And they forgot Jehovah their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - And she came and told the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons on the rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

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