Definition
πωλέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for מָכַר ;]
1. to exchange or barter.
2. to sell: Luke 17:28, Revelation 13:17; οἱ πωλοῦντες, Matthew 21:12; 25:9, Mark 11:15, Luke 19:45; with accusative of thing(s), Matthew 13:44; 19:21; 21:12, Mark 10:21; 11:15, Luke 12:33; 18:22; 22:36, John 2:14, 16, Acts 5:1 (sc. αὐτά, αὐτόν), Acts 4:34, 37. Pass., 1 Corinthians 10:25; with genitive pretii, Matthew 10:29, Luke 12:6.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πωλέω:
- מָכַרma.khar“to sell”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
22 total
- Matthew 10:29πωλεῖται · soldAre not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- Matthew 13:44πωλεῖ · soldThe kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- Matthew 19:21πώλησόν · sellJesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Matthew 21:12πωλοῦντας · selling; πωλούντων · sellingThen Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- Matthew 25:9πωλοῦντας · sell [oil]‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
- Mark 10:21πώλησον · sellJesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Mark 11:15πωλοῦντας · selling; πωλούντων · sellingWhen they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- Luke 12:6πωλοῦνται · soldAre not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
- Luke 12:33Πωλήσατε · SellSell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 17:28ἐπώλουν · [and] sellingIt was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
- Luke 18:22πώλησον · SellOn hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Luke 19:45πωλοῦντας · were selling [there]Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
- Luke 22:36πωλησάτω · should sell“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
- John 2:14πωλοῦντας · sellingIn the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
- John 2:16πωλοῦσιν · sellingTo those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
- Acts 4:34πωλοῦντες · would sell [ their property ]There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
- Acts 4:37πωλήσας · sold…sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- Acts 5:1ἐπώλησεν · [also] soldNow a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
- 1 Corinthians 10:25πωλούμενον · soldEat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
- Revelation 13:17πωλῆσαι · sell…so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.