Strong's Lexicon
G4097 — πιπράσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4097 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πιπράσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | contracted from perao "to traverse" (from the base of G4008) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | piprasko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pip-ras'-ko (a reduplicated and prolonged form of prao prah'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to sell (by travelling or traffic) 2. (figuratively) to dispose of as merchandise or into slavery {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | sell |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πιπράσκω: imperfect ἐπίπρασκον; perfect πέπρακα; passive, present participle πιπρασκόμενος; perfect participle πεπραμένος; 1 aorist ἐπράθην; (from περάω to cross, to transport to a distant land); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for îÈëÇø; to sell: Mat 13:46 (on the use of the perfect, cf. Sophocles’ Glossary, etc., Introduction, § 82, 4) Act 2:45; Act 4:34; Act 5:4; with the genitive of price, Mat 26:9; Mar 14:5; Joh 12:5 (Deu 21:14); τινα, one into slavery, Mat 18:25; hence, metaphorically, πεπραμένος ὑπό τήν ἁμαρτίαν (A. V. sold under sin) i. e. entirely under the control of the love of sinning, Rom 7:14 (ἐπράθησαν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τό πονηρόν, 2Ki 17:17; 1Ma 1:15, cf. 1Ki 20:25 (); with a dative of the master to whom one is sold as a slave, Lev 25:39; Deu 15:12; Deu 28:68; Bar 4:6; Sophocles Trach. 252; ἑαυτόν τίνι, of one bribed to give himself up wholly to another’s will, τῷ Φιλίππῳ, Demosthenes, p. 148, 8).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πιπράσκω (sell)
Matthew 13:46
- KJV: Who when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it
- GK: ος ευρών ένα πολύτιμον μαργαρίτην απελθών πέπρακε πάντα όσα είχε και ηγόρασεν αυτόν
Matthew 18:25
- KJV: But forasmuch as he had not to pay his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had and payment to be made
- GK: μη έχοντος δε αυτού αποδούναι εκέλευσεν αυτόν ο κύριος αυτού πραθήναι και την γυναίκα αυτού και τα τέκνα και πάντα όσα είχε και αποδοθήναι
Matthew 26:9
- KJV: For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor
- GK: ηδύνατο γαρ τούτο το μύρον πραθήναι πολλού και δοθήναι τοις πτωχοίς
Mark 14:5
- KJV: For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and have been given to the poor And they murmured against her
- GK: ηδύνατο γαρ τούτο πραθήναι επάνω τριακοσίων δηναρίων και δοθήναι τοις πτωχοίς και ενεβριμώντο αυτή
John 12:5
- KJV: Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor
- GK: διατί τούτο το μύρον ουκ επράθη τριακοσίων δηναρίων και εδόθη πτωχοίς
Acts 2:45
- KJV: And sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all as every man had need
- GK: και τα κτήματα και τας υπάρξεις επίπρασκον και διεμέριζον αυτά πάσι καθότι αν τις χρείαν είχε
Acts 4:34
- KJV: Neither was there any among them that lacked for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them brought the prices of the things that were sold
- GK: ουδέ γαρ ενδεής τις υπήρχεν εν αυτοίς όσοι γαρ κτήτορες χωρίων η οικιών υπήρχον πωλούντες έφερον τας τιμάς των πιπρασκομένων
Acts 5:4
- KJV: Whiles it remained was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart thou hast not lied unto men but unto God
- GK: ουχί μένον σοι έμενε και πραθέν εν τη ση εξουσία υπήρχε τι ότι έθου εν τη καρδία σου το πράγμα τούτο ουκ εψεύσω ανθρώποις αλλά τω θεώ
Romans 7:14
- KJV: For we know that the law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin
- GK: οίδαμεν γαρ ότι ο νόμος πνευματικός εστιν εγώ δε σαρκικός ειμι πεπραμένος υπό την αμαρτίαν