מָכַר makhar

Hebrew word for “to sell” · Strong’s H4376 · used 80 times in 74 verses

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Meaning

1) to sell; 1a) (Qal);

How it is translated

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

• sold 22
• will sell 15
• will be sold 6
• has sold 4
• sell 4
• will sell himself 4
• seller 3
• selling 2
• sold himself 2
• sold they 2
• have sold 2
• sell ! 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 25 (13), Exodus 21 (4), Joel 3 (4), Genesis 37 (3), Leviticus 27 (3), Nehemiah 13 (3), Genesis 25 (2), Genesis 45 (2), Genesis 47 (2), Exodus 22 (2)

Forms

• ימכר 8
• מכרו 5
• מכרתם 4
• ונמכר 4
• מכר 4
• וימכרם 4
• ומכרו 3
• תמכר 3
• מכרם 3
• מכרה 2

Words used with it

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

• קָנָה qanah “to buy” 11
• מִמְכָּר mimkar “sale” 7
• אָח ach “brother” 12
• גָּאַל gaal “to redeem” 7
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 9
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 7
• אוֹ o “or” 6
• מוּךְ mukh “be poor” 3
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 7
• אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah “possession” 4
• חָרָה charah “to be incensed” 4
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 6

Key verses

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

• Genesis 37:28 — Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver:…
• Leviticus 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall…
• Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
• Judges 2:14 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their…
• 1 Kings 21:20 — And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 1 Kings 21:25 — But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
• 2 Kings 17:17 — And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of…
• Nehemiah 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all…
• Proverbs 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
• Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for…
• Amos 2:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver,…
• Zechariah 11:5 — Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them…

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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.