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מָכַר H4376

H4376 is the Hebrew word מָכַר, transliterated mâkar and said maw-kar'. The King James Version most often renders it sold.

Word: מָכַרTransliteration: mâkarSaid: maw-kar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 72 verses

What it means

to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 70 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

sold 38×sell 18×selleth 4×seller 2×wherefore they sold 1×or sell 1×if thou sell 1×or if he have sold 1×or thou mayest sell 1×all 1×or selleth 1×because thou hast sold 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).

Verses using מָכַר

The first 40 of 72 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 25:31 · KJV

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Genesis 25:33 · KJV

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Genesis 31:15 · KJV

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Genesis 37:27 · KJV

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

Genesis 37:28 · KJV

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: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 37:36 · KJV

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

Genesis 45:4 · KJV

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:5 · KJV

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Genesis 47:20 · KJV

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.

Genesis 47:22 · KJV

Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

Exodus 21:7 · KJV

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

Exodus 21:8 · KJV

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Exodus 21:16 · KJV

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:35 · KJV

And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

Exodus 22:1 · KJV

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

Exodus 22:3 · KJV

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Leviticus 25:14 · KJV

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Leviticus 25:23 · KJV

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Leviticus 25:25 · KJV

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

Leviticus 25:27 · KJV

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

Leviticus 25:29 · KJV

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

Leviticus 25:34 · KJV

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

Leviticus 25:39 · KJV

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Leviticus 25:42 · KJV

For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Leviticus 25:47 · KJV

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

Leviticus 25:48 · KJV

After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

Leviticus 25:50 · KJV

And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

Leviticus 27:20 · KJV

And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

Leviticus 27:27 · KJV

And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

Leviticus 27:28 · KJV

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 be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.

Deuteronomy 14:21 · KJV

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 15:12 · KJV

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Deuteronomy 21:14 · KJV

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

Deuteronomy 24:7 · KJV

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

Deuteronomy 28:68 · KJV

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Deuteronomy 32:30 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

Judges 3:8 · KJV

Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

Judges 4:2 · KJV

And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

Judges 4:9 · KJV

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4376 mean?

H4376 is the Hebrew word מָכַר (mâkar), meaning to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender).

How is H4376 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it sold (38 times), sell (18 times), selleth (4 times), seller (2 times), wherefore they sold (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4376 appear in the Bible?

מָכַר (mâkar) is tagged in 72 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4376 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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