סָחַר sachar
Hebrew word for “to trade” · Strong’s H5503 · used 21 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade;
How it is translated
Glosses given for sachar in context, with how often each is used:
- traders 10
- trader 6
- go about in 1
- them go about in 1
- will go about in 1
- palpitates 1
- have gone about 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 27 (5), Genesis 34 (2), Isaiah 23 (2), Genesis 23 (1), Genesis 37 (1), Genesis 42 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 1 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1), Psalms 38 (1)
Forms
- סחרי 3
- סחרתך 3
- סחרים 2
- סחריך 2
- לסחר 1
- וסחרוה 1
- ויסחרו 1
- תסחרו 1
- והסחרים 1
- סחרחר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sachar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 5
- עֲרָב arav “Arabia” 2
- עִזָּבוֹן izzavon “ware” 2
- מִקְוֶה miqveh “hope” 2
- רֹב rov “abundance” 3
- מְחִיר mechir “price” 2
- תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish “Tarshish” 2
- מוֹצָא motsa “exit” 2
- הוֹן hon “substance” 2
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 3
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 4
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 3
Key verses
The verses using sachar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 23:16 — And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of…
- 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:…
- 1 Kings 10:28 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
- Psalms 38:10 — My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
- Isaiah 23:2 — Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
- Isaiah 23:8 — Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
- Jeremiah 14:18 — If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the…
- Ezekiel 27:12 — Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
- Ezekiel 27:16 — Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine…
- Ezekiel 27:21 — Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
- Ezekiel 27:36 — The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
- Ezekiel 38:13 — Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy…
See all 20 verses in the Word Atlas
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.