סָחַר

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hebrewOld TestamentVerb21 occurrences8 books20 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Traditional renderings: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

21 total
  1. Genesis 23:16לַסֹּחֵֽר׃ · of the merchants
    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  2. Genesis 34:10וּסְחָר֔וּהָ · move about freely
    You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
  3. Genesis 34:21וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ · and trade
    “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
  4. Genesis 37:28סֹֽחֲרִ֗ים · traders
    So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
  5. Genesis 42:34תִּסְחָֽרוּ׃ · and you can trade
    But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
  6. 1 Kings 10:28סֹחֲרֵ֣י · merchants
    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
  7. 2 Chronicles 1:16סֹחֲרֵ֣י · merchants
    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
  8. 2 Chronicles 9:14וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖ים · and traders
    …not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
  9. Psalm 38:10סְ֭חַרְחַר · pounds
    My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
  10. Proverbs 31:14סוֹחֵ֑ר · like the merchant
    She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
  11. Isaiah 23:2סֹחֵ֥ר · you merchants
    Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
  12. Isaiah 23:8סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙ · traders
    Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
  13. Isaiah 47:15סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְ · and traded
    This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
  14. Jeremiah 14:18סָחֲר֥וּ · travel
    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
  15. Ezekiel 27:12סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ · your merchant
    Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
  16. Ezekiel 27:16סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ · was your customer
    Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
  17. Ezekiel 27:18סֹחַרְתֵּ֛ךְ · traded with you
    Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,
  18. Ezekiel 27:21סֹחֲרֵ֣י · were your customers; סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ׃ · trading
    Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
  19. Ezekiel 27:36סֹֽחֲרִים֙ · Those who trade
    Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
  20. Ezekiel 38:13וְסֹחֲרֵ֨י · and the merchants
    Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’