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pōleō G4453

πωλέω (pōleō) means “to sell” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πωλέω Greek · G4453 22 tagged occurrences in 20 verses

Pronunciation guide: po-leh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4453

πωλέω · pōleō · to sell

πωλέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for מָכַר ;] 1. to exchange or barter. 2. to sell: Luk.17:28, Rev.13:17; οἱ πωλοῦντες, Mat.21:12 25:9, Mrk.11:15, Luk.19:45; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:44 19:21 21:12, Mrk.10:21 11:15, Luk.12:33 18:22 22:36, Jhn.2:14, 16 Act.5:1 (sc. αὐτά, αὐτόν), Act.4:34, 37. Pass., 1Co.10:25; with genitive pretii, Mat.10:29, Luk.12:6.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I sell, exchange, barter.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G4453

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
selling 6
sell 5
sold 5
also sold 1
and selling 1
sell oil 1
should sell 1
were selling there 1
would sell their property 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
sold 7
sell 4
are 2
is sold 1
let him sell 1
of them that sold 1
selleth 1
sold them 1
them that sell 1
them that sold 1
they sold 1
those that sold 1
unto them that sold 1

Verses containing G4453

Page 1 of 1. 20 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

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  2. Matthew 13:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The 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.

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  3. Matthew 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus 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.”

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  4. Matthew 21:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then 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.

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  5. Matthew 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘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.’

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  6. Mark 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus 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.”

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  7. Mark 11:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When 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.

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  8. Luke 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

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  9. Luke 12:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sell 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.

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  10. Luke 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

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  11. Luke 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On 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.”

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  12. Luke 19:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

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  13. Luke 22:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.

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  14. John 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

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  15. John 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

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  16. Acts 4:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

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  17. Acts 4:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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  18. Acts 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

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  19. 1 Corinthians 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

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  20. Revelation 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

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