מָכַר

ma.khar · to sell

Hebrew · Strong's H4376 · Verb · Sounds like: maw-kar' · 80 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender); [idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מָכַר vb. sell
Qal sell
Niph. be sold
Hithp. sell oneself as slave

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 25:31 מִכְרָ֥ה mikh.Rah · A command to you: simple action

    And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

  2. Genesis 25:33 וַיִּמְכֹּ֥ר vai.yim.Kor · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

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

  3. Genesis 31:15 מְכָרָ֑נוּ me.kha.Ra.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

  4. Genesis 37:27 וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּ ve.nim.ke.Re.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

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

  5. Genesis 37:28 וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ vai.yim.ke.Ru · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  6. Genesis 37:36 מָכְר֥וּ ma.khe.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

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

  7. Genesis 45:4 מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם me.khar.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    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.

  8. Genesis 45:5 מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם me.khar.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

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

  9. Genesis 47:20 מָכְר֤וּ ma.khe.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.

  10. Genesis 47:22 מָכְר֖וּ ma.khe.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

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

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