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Lexicon :: Strong's H5503 - sāḥar

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סָחַר
Transliteration
sāḥar
Pronunciation
saw-khar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1486

Strong’s Definitions

סָחַר çâchar, saw-khar'; a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate:—go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5503 in the following manner: merchant (14x), trade (2x), about (1x), merchantmen (with H582) (1x), panteth (1x), traffick (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5503 in the following manner: merchant (14x), trade (2x), about (1x), merchantmen (with H582) (1x), panteth (1x), traffick (1x).
  1. to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade

    1. (Qal)

      1. to go about to and fro (in business)

      2. trader, trafficker (participle)

    2. (Pilpel) to palpitate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָחַר çâchar, saw-khar'; a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate:—go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
STRONGS H5503: Abbreviations
† [סָחַר] verb go around, about, travel about in (Late Hebrew id., go about as merchant, pedlar, perhaps denominative from סוֺחֵר (Jastr); **Targum סְחַר, אֵסְחַר go about, סְחוֺר = Hebrew סָבִיב. Syriac bdb069508 go about as beggar, be beggar PS2593 (rate), especially Christian-Palestinian Aramaic see SchwIdioticon 61f.; Assyrian saḫâru, turn, surround, Tel Amarna return WklTA Glossary; Targum surround (often), and derivatives; Arabic bdb069509 is mock at, deride); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural סָֽחֲרוּ Jeremiah 14:18; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִסְחֲרוּ Genesis 34:21; 2nd person masculine plural תִּסְחָ֑רוּ Genesis 42:34; Imperative masculine plural suffix סְחָרוּהָ Genesis 34:10; Perfect סֹחֵר Genesis 23:16, סוֺחֵר Proverbs 31:14; construct סֹחֵר Isaiah 23:2; feminine singular suffix סֹחַרְתֵךְ Ezekiel 27:12, 16, 18 + סֹחֲרֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 27:15 (see below); masculine plural סֹחֲרִים Genesis 37:28 + 2 times; construct סֹחֲרֵי 1 Kings 10:28 + 3 times; suffix סֹחֲרַיִךְ Isaiah 47:15, רָ֑יִךְ- Ezekiel 27:21, רֶיהַ- Isaiah 23:8; —
1. go about, to and fro (i.e. go about one's affairs, carry on one's business) in, with accusative אֶרֶץ Genesis 42:34 (E), Genesis 34:10, 21 (P); with אֶלאֶֿרֶץ Jeremiah 14:18, but dubious, Greek Version of the LXX Gf Hi Or CoHpt RothstKau journey unto a land which they have not known.
2. Participle = substantive a trafficker, trader (who goes about with wares, etc.) Genesis 23:16 (P), Genesis 37:28 (E), Isaiah 23:2, 8; Isaiah 47:15; 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16; Ezekiel 27:21 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:36; Ezekiel 38:13; + תָּרִים 2 Chronicles 9:14; feminine, of a city or country, Ezekiel 27:12, 16, 18; also in Ezekiel 27:15 read סֹחֲרֹתַיִךְ for MT (ידך) סְחֹרַת Sm Co Berthol Toy.
Pilp. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר Psalm 38:11 (Ges§ 55e) my heart palpittes (+ עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

23:16; 23:16; 34:10; 34:10; 34:21; 34:21; 37:28; 37:28; 42:34; 42:34

1 Kings

10:28; 10:28

2 Chronicles

1:16; 9:14

Psalms

38:11

Proverbs

31:14

Isaiah

23:2; 23:2; 23:8; 23:8; 47:15; 47:15

Jeremiah

14:18; 14:18

Ezekiel

27:12; 27:12; 27:15; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 27:18; 27:18; 27:21; 27:21; 27:36; 38:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5503 matches the Hebrew סָחַר (sāḥar),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham listened to Ephron [and agreed to his terms]; and he weighed out for Ephron the [amount of] silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10 - “In this way you shall live with us; the country will be open to you; live and do business in it and acquire property and possessions in it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - “These men are peaceful and friendly with us; so let them live in the land and do business in it, for the land is large enough [for us and] for them; let us take their daughters for wives and let us give them our daughters [in marriage].
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then as the [fn]Midianite [and Ishmaelite] traders were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And so they took Joseph [as a captive] into Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - ‘Bring your youngest brother to me; then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. Then I will return your [imprisoned] brother [back] to you, and you may trade and do business in the land.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from [fn]Kue, and the king’s merchants acquired them from Kue, for a price.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from [fn]Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them [in large numbers] from Kue [fn]at a price.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides what the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 -

My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;

And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14 -

She is like the merchant ships [abounding with treasure];

She brings her [household’s] food from far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 -

Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,

You [fn]merchants of Sidon;

[fn]Your messengers crossed the sea

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 -

Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,

Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 -

“This is how they have become to you, those [astrologers and sorcerers] with whom you have labored,

Those who have done business with you from your youth;

Each has wandered in his own way.

There is no one to save you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 -

‘If I go out into the field,

Then I gaze on those slaughtered with the sword!

And if I enter the city,

Then I gaze on [those tormented with] the diseases of famine!

For both prophet and priest [who should have guided the people]

Go about [bewildered and exiled] in a land (Babylon) that they do not know or understand.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:12 -

“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer and traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:16 - [fn]Aram traded with you because of the abundance of the goods you made. They paid for your merchandise with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:18 - [fn]Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of your handiworks and the immense wealth of every kind, with the wine of Helbon [Aleppo] and the white wool [of Sachar in Syria].
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - “Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats [favored by you]; for these they were your customers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:36 -

‘The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy];

You have become a horror and a source of terrors.

You will cease to be [fn]forever.’”’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish (southern Spain), with all its young lions (villages) will say to you, ‘Have you come to take spoil? Have you assembled your hordes [of fighting men] to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?’”’
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