מָכַר (ma.khar) means “to sell” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: maw-kar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מָכַר · ma.khar · to sell
1) to sell 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sell 1a2) seller (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be sold 1b2) to sell oneself 1b3) to be given over to death 1c) (Hithpael) to sell oneself
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a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV glosses: [idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sell | 4 |
| you sold | 4 |
| and sold | 3 |
| sold | 3 |
| and he sold them | 2 |
| and sells himself | 2 |
| be sold | 2 |
| is selling | 2 |
| sells | 2 |
| you were sold | 2 |
| against selling | 1 |
| and he sold | 1 |
| and sell | 1 |
| and seller | 1 |
| and selling them | 1 |
| and sells | 1 |
| and sells them | 1 |
| and the seller | 1 |
| and they will sell them | 1 |
| and those who sell | 1 |
| are selling | 1 |
| can be sold | 1 |
| did i sell you | 1 |
| had sold them | 1 |
| has he sold us | 1 |
| has sold himself | 1 |
| have been sold out | 1 |
| he has sold | 1 |
| he has sold himself | 1 |
| he himself shall be sold | 1 |
| he is to sell | 1 |
| he sold | 1 |
| he sold it | 1 |
| he sold them | 1 |
| i will sell | 1 |
| is sold | 1 |
| let us sell him | 1 |
| or sells him | 1 |
| sell her | 1 |
| sell it | 1 |
| sells it | 1 |
| sold himself | 1 |
| sold them | 1 |
| that they may be sold back | 1 |
| the seller | 1 |
| then it shall be sold | 1 |
| they devoted themselves | 1 |
| they must sell | 1 |
| they sell | 1 |
| those who sell them | 1 |
| to be sold | 1 |
| to sell | 1 |
| to sell her | 1 |
| we had merely been sold | 1 |
| whether he sells him | 1 |
| who betrays | 1 |
| who were sold | 1 |
| will be selling | 1 |
| you have sold yourself | 1 |
| you make a sale | 1 |
| you may sell | 1 |
| you sell | 1 |
| you will sell | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and sold | 4 |
| sell | 4 |
| and sell | 3 |
| sold | 3 |
| and he sold | 2 |
| and selleth | 2 |
| have ye sold | 2 |
| to sell | 2 |
| and be sold | 1 |
| and hath sold | 1 |
| and i will sell | 1 |
| and if thou sell | 1 |
| and let us sell | 1 |
| and sellers | 1 |
| and there ye shall be sold | 1 |
| and they shall not sell | 1 |
| and they shall sell | 1 |
| and they that sell | 1 |
| and will ye even sell | 1 |
| be sold | 1 |
| because thou hast sold | 1 |
| but thou shalt not sell | 1 |
| doth he sell | 1 |
| for he hath sold | 1 |
| for the seller | 1 |
| for we are sold | 1 |
| had sold | 1 |
| he shall sell | 1 |
| he sold | 1 |
| her at all | 1 |
| if he have nothing then he shall be sold | 1 |
| it or sell | 1 |
| it or thou mayest sell | 1 |
| may not be sold | 1 |
| nor the seller | 1 |
| of him or selleth | 1 |
| or if he have sold | 1 |
| or shall they be sold | 1 |
| selleth | 1 |
| shall be sold | 1 |
| shall not be sold | 1 |
| shall sell | 1 |
| so with the seller | 1 |
| that he is sold | 1 |
| that he was sold | 1 |
| that selleth | 1 |
| that ye sold | 1 |
| them and he sold | 1 |
| them wherefore they sold | 1 |
| then it shall be sold | 1 |
| then they shall sell | 1 |
| thereof because they sold | 1 |
| they shall not be sold | 1 |
| thou sellest | 1 |
| to whom he sold | 1 |
| to whom i have sold | 1 |
| unto him and he sold | 1 |
| was sold | 1 |
| we had been sold | 1 |
| wherein they sold | 1 |
| which did sell | 1 |
| which hath been sold | 1 |
| which were sold | 1 |
| whither ye have sold | 1 |
| whom ye sold | 1 |
| ye have sold | 1 |
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“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
Read word by word“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
Read word by wordAre we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
Read word by wordCome, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
Read word by wordThen Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
Read word by wordAnd now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
Read word by wordSo Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
Read word by wordHowever, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
Read word by wordAnd if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
Read word by wordIf she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
Read word by wordWhoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
Read word by wordIf a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
Read word by word“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.37
But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.2
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
Read word by wordYou are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.
Read word by wordYou shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
Read word by wordThe land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
Read word by wordIf your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
Read word by wordhe shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.
Read word by wordIf a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
Read word by wordBut the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
Read word by wordIf a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
Read word by wordBecause the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
Read word by wordIf a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,
Read word by wordhe retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:
Read word by wordHe and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.
Read word by wordIf, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
Read word by wordBut if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
Read word by wordNothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
Read word by wordYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Read word by wordIf a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.
Read word by wordAnd if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
Read word by wordIf a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Read word by wordThe LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Read word by wordHow could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Read word by wordThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Read word by wordThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Read word by wordSo the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Read word by word“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
Read word by wordSo the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
Read word by wordAnd he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
Read word by wordBut they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
Read word by wordWhen Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by word(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
Read word by wordShe went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
Read word by wordThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordand said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
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