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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

H4376

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - “All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Instead of hurting him, let’s sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces[fn] of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the Midianite traders[fn] arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - “Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn’t need to sell their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 - “Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 - “If someone’s ox injures a neighbor’s ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - [fn]“If someone steals an ox[fn] or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for each ox stolen, and four sheep for each sheep stolen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.
“A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - When you buy land from your neighbor, the price you pay must be based on the number of years since the last jubilee. The seller must set the price by taking into account the number of years remaining until the next Year of Jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - The more years until the next jubilee, the higher the price; the fewer years, the lower the price. After all, the person selling the land is actually selling you a certain number of harvests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 - he then has the right to redeem it from the one who bought it. The price of the land will be discounted according to the number of years until the next Year of Jubilee. In this way the original owner can then return to the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29 - “Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:42 - The people of Israel are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, so they must never be sold as slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - “Suppose a foreigner or temporary resident becomes rich while living among you. If any of your fellow Israelites fall into poverty and are forced to sell themselves to such a foreigner or to a member of his family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - they still retain the right to be bought back, even after they have been purchased. They may be bought back by a brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - “However, anything specially set apart for the LORD—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - “If a fellow Hebrew sells himself or herself to be your servant[fn] and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - But if you marry her and she does not please you, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - “If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:68

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - Then the LORD will send you back to Egypt in ships, to a destination I promised you would never see again. There you will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves, but no one will buy you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one person chase a thousand of them,
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the LORD had given them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim.[fn] And the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - So the LORD turned them over to King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite king. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-haggoyim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the LORD’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - So the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - But the people soon forgot about the LORD their God, so he handed them over to Sisera, the commander of Hazor’s army, and also to the Philistines and to the king of Moab, who fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - “So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.
“Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD’s sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the LORD’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire.[fn] They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the LORD’s anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.

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