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sa.char H5503

סָחַר (sa.char) means “to trade” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

סָחַר Hebrew · H5503 21 tagged occurrences in 20 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-khar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5503

סָחַר · sa.char · to trade

1) to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go about to and fro (in business) 1a2) trader, trafficker (participle) 1b) (Pilpel) to palpitate

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

KJV glosses: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.

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How translators render H5503

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
merchants 2
traders 2
and the merchants 1
and trade 1
and traded 1
and traders 1
and you can trade 1
like the merchant 1
move about freely 1
of the merchants 1
pounds 1
those who trade 1
traded with you 1
trading 1
travel 1
was your customer 1
were your customers 1
you merchants 1
your merchant 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
thy merchant 3
and trade 2
merchants 2
thy merchants 2
and merchants 1
and the merchants 1
and ye shall traffick 1
go about 1
merchantmen 1
panteth 1
she is like the merchants 1
the merchants 1
they occupied 1
thou whom the merchants 1
whose merchants 1
with the merchant 1

Verses containing H5503

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  1. Genesis 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  2. Genesis 34:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

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  3. Genesis 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.

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  4. Genesis 37:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Genesis 42:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’”

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  6. 1 Kings 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

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  7. 2 Chronicles 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

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  8. 2 Chronicles 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  9. Psalms 38:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

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    Source alternate reference: 38.11

  10. Proverbs 31:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

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  11. Isaiah 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

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  12. Isaiah 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

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  13. Isaiah 47:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  14. Jeremiah 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’”

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  15. Ezekiel 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

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  16. Ezekiel 27:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

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  17. Ezekiel 27:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,

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  18. Ezekiel 27:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.

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  19. Ezekiel 27:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

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  20. Ezekiel 38:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?’

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