πωλέω pōleō

Greek word for “to sell” · Strong’s G4453 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

πωλέω, -ῶ; 1. to exchange or barter.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pōleō in context, with how often each is used:

• selling 10
• do sell 4
• sold? 1
• sells 1
• being sold for 1
• should sell 1
• having sold 1
• sold 1
• being sold 1
• sell 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 12 (2), John 2 (2), Acts 4 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Mark 10 (1), Mark 11 (1)

Forms

• πωλοῦντας 5
• πωλούντων 2
• πώλησον 2
• πωλεῖται 1
• πωλεῖ 1
• πώλησόν 1
• πωλοῦνται 1
• πωλήσατε 1
• ἐπώλουν 1
• πωλησάτω 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pōleō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀγοράζω agorazō “to buy” 7
• θησαυρός thēsauros “treasure” 5
• περιστερά peristera “dove” 4
• δεῦρο deuro “come” 3
• ὑπάρχω huparchō “be already” 4
• ἱερόν hieros “temple” 4
• ὅσος hosos “just as/how much” 4
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 5
• ἀσσάριον assarion “assarion” 2
• καταστρέφω katastrephō “to overturn” 2
• πτωχός ptōchos “poor” 3
• κολλυβιστής kollubistēs “moneychanger” 2

Key verses

The verses using pōleō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that…
• Matthew 19:21 — Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
• Matthew 21:12 — And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats…
• Mark 10:21 — Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have…
• Luke 12:33 — Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither…
• Luke 17:28 — Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
• Luke 18:22 — Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have…
• Luke 19:45 — And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
• John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
• Acts 4:34 — Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
• Acts 5:1 — But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
• 1 Corinthians 10:25 — Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.