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Lexicon :: Strong's H5503 - sāḥar

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

H5503

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10 - Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 - My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14 - She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives are on great waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:12 - Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:16 - Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:18 - Damascus did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:36 - Those who do business among the peoples make sounds of surprise at you; you have become a thing of fear, you have come to an end for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - Sheba, and Dedan and her traders, Tarshish with all her traders, will say to you, Have you come to take our goods? have you got your armies together to take away our property by force? to take away silver and gold, cattle and goods, to go off with great wealth?
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