Strong's Lexicon

H4376

H4376 — מָכַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewmakarverbOccurrences: 80TWOT: 1194

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4376
Word:מָכַר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:?
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:80
Transliteration:makar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-kar'
Meaning:1. to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV Renderings:X at all, sell (away, -er, self).

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מָכַר verb sell (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מכר; Zinjirli מכרו price, DHMSendsch. 60; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2981], מְכַר marry (i.e. buy as a wife); compare Assyrian makkûru, namkur(r)u , nakkuru, possession, property , DlHWB 408); —

Qal Perfect ׳ מ Lev 27:20 + 2 t.; suffix מְכָרוֺ Exod 21:37 + 2 t.; 1 singular מָכַרְתִּי Isa 50:1 + 2 t., etc.; Imperfect יִמְכֹּר Exod 21:7 +, etc.; Imperative מִכְרָ֫ה Gen 25:31 feminine singular מִכְרִי 2Kgs 4:7 Infinitive absolute מָכֹר Deut 14:21; Deut 21:14 construct מְכוֺר Neh 10:32 suffix מָכְרָהּ Exod 21:8 מִכְרָם Amos 2:6; Neh 13:15 (compare BaNB 104); Participle מֹכֵר (מוֺכֵר) Lev 25:16 + 3 t.; feminine מֹכֶרֶת Nah 3:4, etc.; — sell (with בְּ pret. Amos 2:6; Joel 4:3; Ps 44:13) followed by accusative e.g. land Gen 47:20; Gen 47:22 ( J ), Lev 25:14 (accusative of cognate meaning with verb), Lev 25:25 ( H ; followed by מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֺ) compare Ezek 48:14 (followed by מִן partitive), Lev 25:15 (no object expressed), so Lev 25:27; Lev 27:20 ( H ), Ruth 4:3 house Lev 25:29 ( H ); beast Exod 21:35; Exod 21:37 ( E ); flesh Deut 14:21 (no object); crop Lev 25:16 ( H ); food Neh 10:32; Neh 13:15; Neh 13:16, compare Neh 13:20 (followed by מִמְכָר); oil 2Kgs 4:7 linen Prov 31:24 birthright Gen 25:31; Gen 25:33 ( J ); most often human beings, e.g. as slaves Gen 37:27; Gen 37:28; Gen 37:36; Gen 45:4; Gen 45:5 (all J E ), Exod 21:16 ( E ), Deut 21:14 (twice in verse); Deut 24:7, compare Amos 2:6; Neh 5:8; Zech 11:5; Joel 4:3; Joel 4:6; Joel 4:7; Joel 4:8 (twice in verse); especially daughters Exod 21:7; Exod 21:8 ( E ); in marriage Gen 31:15 ( E ); Participle = seller Isa 24:2; Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:13 figurative, object truth Prov 23:23 of Nineveh, selling nations גּוֺיִם Nah 3:4 especially ׳ י selling his people (to enemies), i.e. giving it entirely into their power: Deut 32:30; Ps 44:13; Isa 50:1, also (בְּיַד ׳ מ) Judg 2:14; Judg 3:8 ; Judg 4:2; Judg 10:7; 1Sam 12:9 compare Judg 4:9 (Sisera to woman); also Ezek 30:12 (strike out Co after B and others)
Niph`al Perfect נִמְכַּר Lev 25:48 + 5 t., etc.; Imperfect יִמָּכֵר Lev 25:34 + 3 t., etc.; Infinitive הִמָּֽכְרוֺ Lev 25:50 Participle plural נִמְכָּרִים Neh 5:8 — be sold, of land Lev 25:23; Lev 25:34 beast Lev 27:27 compare Lev 27:28 (all P ); of human beings as slaves Exod 22:2 for (בְּ) theft ( E ), Lev 25:42 ( P ), Ps 105:17; Esth 7:4 sell oneself Lev 25:39; Lev 25:47; Lev 25:48; Lev 25:50 (PH), Deut 15:12 ; Jer 34:14; Neh 5:8 (twice in verse); figurative of Israel, sold by ׳ י, Isa 50:1 for (בְּ) their sins, Isa 52:3 compare Esth 7:4 = given over to death.
Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְמַכֵּר 1Kgs 21:25 וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּם consecutive Deut 28:68 וַיִּתְמַכְּרוּ 2Kgs 17:17 Infinitive הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ 1Kgs 21:20 sell oneself as slave Deut 28:68 figurative 1Kgs 21:20; 1Kgs 21:25; 2Kgs 17:17 , all followed by לַעֲשׂוֺת הָרַע.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מכר (char’)

Genesis 31:15

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

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.
EHCC: stealeth a man, and selleth him,

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.
EHCC: and hath sold away (some) of his pos-

Deuteronomy 2:7

KJV: For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
EHCC: merchandise of him, or selleth him ;

Ruth 4:3

KJV: And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
EHCC: selleth ₪ parcel of land,

Isaiah 50:1

KJV: 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 your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
EHCC: to whom 7 have sold you?

Joel 3:8

KJV: And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
EHCC: (4:3). and sold a girl for wire,

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.please…: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc
EHCC: to sell her unto a strange nation

Deuteronomy 14:21

KJV: Ye shall not eat of any thing 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.
EHCC: thou mayest sell it unto an alien:

Nehemiah 10:31

KJV: And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.every…: Heb. every hand
EHCC: (32). victuals on the sabbath day fo sell,

Amos 2:6

KJV: 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, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
EHCC: they sold the righteous for silver,

Genesis 25:31

KJV: And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
EHCC: Sell me this day thy birthright.

2 Kings 4:7

KJV: Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.debt: or, creditor
EHCC: sell the oil, and pay thy debt,

Genesis 25:33

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

Exodus 21:7

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

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:
EHCC: if thou sell (it. ye shall sell) ought unto

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.
EHCC: and he sold them into the hands of

Judges 3:8

KJV: Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram–naharaim
EHCC: and he sold them into the hand of

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.
EHCC: And the Lord sold them

Judges 10:7

KJV: And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
EHCC: and he sold them into the hands of

Judges 188:19

EHCC: 9, And when they forgat...he sold them into

Nehemiah 5:8

KJV: And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
EHCC: will ye even 667 your brethren?

Psalms 44:12

KJV: Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.for…: Heb. without riches
EHCC: (13). Thow sellest thy people for nought,

Proverbs 23:23

KJV: Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
EHCC: Buy the truth, and self (it) not; ,,

Proverbs 31:24

KJV: She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
EHCC: She maketh fine linen, and aelleth (it) ;

Nehemiah 13:16

KJV: There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
EHCC: and sold on the sabbath

Isaiah 24:2

KJV: And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.priest: or, prince
EHCC: as with the buyer, so with the seller ;

Ezekiel 7:12

KJV: The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
EHCC: nor the seller mourn:

Nahum 3:4

KJV: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
EHCC: that selleth nations

Zechariah 11:5

KJV: 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 not.
EHCC: and they that sell them say,

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.
EHCC: (2). then he shall be sold for his theft.

Exodus 27:27

EHCC: then it shall be sold according to

Psalms 105:17

KJV: He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
EHCC: Joseph, (who) was sold for a servant:

Isaiah 50:1

KJV: 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 your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
EHCC: Aave ye sold yourselves, and for

Isaiah 52:3

KJV: For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
EHCC: Ye have sold yourselves for nought ;

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.
EHCC: the year that he was sold

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.for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off
EHCC: The land shall not be sold for ever:

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.
EHCC: no devoted thing,...shall be sold:

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.
EHCC: if thy brother,...be sold unto thee,

Jeremiah 84:14

EHCC: which hath been sold (marg. or, hath sold

Nehemiah 5:8

KJV: And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
EHCC: our brethren...which were sold

Deuteronomy 26:68

EHCC: and there ye shall be sold unto your

1 Kings 21:25

KJV: 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.stirred…: or, incited
EHCC: did sell himself to work wickedness

1 Kings 21:20

KJV: And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.
EHCC: thou hast sold thyself

2 Kings 17:17

KJV: 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 the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
EHCC: and sold themselves to do evil
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