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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
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - But Jacob said, “[fn]First sell H4376 me your birthright.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, “[fn]First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and sold H4376 his birthright to Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - “Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold H4376 us, and has also [fn]entirely consumed our [fn]purchase price.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - “Come, and let’s sell H4376 him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold H4376 [fn]him to the Ishmaelites for [fn]twenty shekels of silver. So they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the [fn]Midianites sold H4376 him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 -

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come [fn]closer to me.” And they came [fn]closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold H4376 to Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - “Now do not be grieved or angry [fn]with yourselves because you sold H4376 me here, for God sent me ahead of you [fn]to save lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 -

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for [fn]every Egyptian sold H4376 his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only the land of the priests he did not buy, because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they [fn]lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell H4376 their land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 -

“Now if a man sells H4376 his daughter as a female slave, she is not to [fn]go free as the male slaves [fn]do.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - “If she is [fn]displeasing in the eyes of her master [fn]who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell H4376 her to a foreign people, because of his [fn]unfairness to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 -

“Now one who [fn]kidnaps someone, whether he sells H4376 him or he is found in his [fn]possession, shall certainly be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 -

“And if someone’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, then they shall sell H4376 the live ox and divide its proceeds equally; and they shall also divide the dead ox.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 -

[fn]If someone steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells H4376 it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - “If the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for bloodshed on his account—A thief shall certainly make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold H4376 for his theft.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - ‘Furthermore, if you make H4376 a sale to your friend, or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not [fn]wrong one another.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - ‘Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell H4376 to you according to the number of years of crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - ‘In proportion to [fn]a greater number of years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to [fn]fewer years you shall decrease its price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling H4376 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 -

‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold H4376 permanently, because the land is Mine; for you are only strangers and residents with Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 -

‘If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor that he sells H4376 part of his property, then his closest [fn]redeemer is to come and buy back what his relative has sold.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 - then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold H4376 it, and so return to his property.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29 -

‘Likewise, if a man sells H4376 a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - ‘But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold H4376, for that is their permanent possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 -

‘Now if a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells H4376 himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:42 - ‘For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold H4376 in a slave sale.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 -

‘Now if the [fn]means of a stranger or of a foreign resident with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes poor in relation to him and sells H4376 himself to a stranger who is residing with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s family,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold H4376. One of his brothers may redeem him,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - ‘He then, with his purchaser, shall calculate from the year when he sold H4376 himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years calculated. It is like the days of a hired worker that he will be with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - ‘Yet if he does not redeem the field, [fn]but has sold H4376 the field to another person, it may no longer be redeemed;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - ‘But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall [fn]redeem it according to your assessment and add to it a fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold H4376 according to your assessment.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 -

‘Nevertheless, [fn]anything which someone sets apart to the LORD for [fn]destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold H4376 nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger who is in your [fn]town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell H4376 it to a stranger; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your fellow countryman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold H4376 to you, then he shall serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him [fn]free.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - “But it shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go [fn]wherever she wishes; and you certainly H4376 shall not sell H4376 her for money, you shall not treat her as merchandise, since you have [fn]humiliated her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 -

“If someone is [fn]caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he treats him as merchandise and sells H4376 him, then that thief shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - “And the LORD will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I said to you, ‘You will never see it again!’ And there you will offer H4376 yourselves for H4376 sale H4376 to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 -

“How could one chase a thousand,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Unless their Rock had sold H4376 them,

And the LORD had given them up?

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He handed them over to plunderers, and they plundered them; and He sold H4376 them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand [fn]against their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold H4376 them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - So the LORD sold H4376 them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - She said, “I will certainly go with you; however, the fame shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the LORD will sell H4376 Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold H4376 them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, has to sell H4376 the plot of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - “But they forgot the LORD their God, so He sold H4376 them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 -

Then Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he [fn]answered, “I have found you, because you have given H4376 yourself over H4376 to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 -

There certainly was no one like Ahab who gave H4376 himself over H4376 to do evil in the sight of the LORD, [fn]because Jezebel his wife incited him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - So she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell H4376 the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and they practiced divination and interpreting omens, and gave H4376 themselves over H4376 to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - And I said to them, “We, according to our ability, have [fn]redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold H4376 to the nations; now would you even sell H4376 your brothers that they may be sold H4376 to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.

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