Word Study · Strong's H4376 · Hebrew
מָכַר
makar
maw-kar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâkar
“to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).
- 80occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 20 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 75inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 80 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 75
- מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם3
- יִמְכֹּ֥ר2
- מָכְר֥וּ2
- נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙2
- הַמּוֹכֵ֗ר1
- הִמָּ֣כְרוֹ1
- הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת1
- הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤ים1
- הִתְמַכֵּ֔ר1
- הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ֔1
- וְהַמּוֹכֵ֖ר1
- וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨ם1
and 63 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 59
- you sold5
- and he sold them4
- he will sell3
- it will be sold3
- they sold3
- and he sold2
- and he will sell him2
- and he will sell himself2
- and I will sell2
- he sold himself2
- he will sell himself2
- sold they2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 53
- Hc/VNq3ms4
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp4
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural4
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural4
- Hc/Vqq1cs2
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms2
- Hc/Vqw3ms2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common plural2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/VNq3ms · 4
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp · 4
- HVNi3ms · 4
- HVqi3ms · 4
- HVqp2mp · 4
- HVqp3cp · 4
- Hc/Vqq1cs · 2
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 2
- HVNp1cp · 2
- HVNp2mp · 2
- HVNp3ms · 2
All 80, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus16 of 80 · 20%
- Genesis10 of 80 · 13%
- Deuteronomy7 of 80 · 9%
- Nehemiah7 of 80 · 9%
- Exodus6 of 80 · 8%
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis10 occurrences
- Genesis 25:31מִכְרָ֥הmikhrahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.here: sell !
- Genesis 25:33וַיִּמְכֹּ֥רvaiyimkorHc/Vqw3ms“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.here: and he sold
- Genesis 31:15מְכָרָ֑נוּmekharanuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralAre we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.here: he has sold us
- Genesis 37:27וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּvenimkerenuHC/Vqu1cp/Sp3msCome, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.here: and let us sell him
- Genesis 37:28וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּvaiyimkeruHc/Vqw3mpSo when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.here: and they sold
- Genesis 37:36מָכְר֥וּmakheruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralMeanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.here: they sold
- Genesis 45:4מְכַרְתֶּ֥םmekhartemverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!here: you sold
- Genesis 45:5מְכַרְתֶּ֥םmekhartemverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.here: you sold
- Genesis 47:20מָכְר֤וּmakheruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSo Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,here: they sold
- Genesis 47:22מָכְר֖וּmakheruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralHowever, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.here: they sold
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 21:7יִמְכֹּ֥רyimkorverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.here: he will sell
- Exodus 21:8לְמָכְרָ֖הּlemakherahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularIf she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.here: to sell her
- Exodus 21:16וּמְכָר֛וֹumekharoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3msWhoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.here: and he will sell him
- Exodus 21:35וּמָ֨כְר֜וּumakheruHc/Vqq3cpIf a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.here: and they will sell
- Exodus 22:1מְכָר֑וֹmekharoverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.here: he has sold it
- Exodus 22:3וְנִמְכַּ֖רvenimkarHc/VNq3msBut if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.here: and he will be sold
Leviticus16 occurrences
- Leviticus 25:14תִמְכְּר֤וּtimkeruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralIf you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.here: you will sell
- Leviticus 25:15יִמְכָּר־yimkor-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularYou are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.here: he will sell [it]
- Leviticus 25:16מֹכֵ֖רmokherverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.here: [is] selling
- Leviticus 25:23תִמָּכֵר֙timakherverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThe land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.here: it will be sold
- Leviticus 25:25וּמָכַ֖רumakharHc/Vqq3msIf your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.here: and he will sell
- Leviticus 25:27מָֽכַר־makhar-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhe shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.here: he sold [it]
- Leviticus 25:29יִמְכֹּ֤רyimkorverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.here: he will sell
- Leviticus 25:34יִמָּכֵ֑רyimakherverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.here: it will be sold
- Leviticus 25:39וְנִמְכַּר־venimkar-Hc/VNq3msIf a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.here: and he will sell himself
- Leviticus 25:42יִמָּכְר֖וּyimakheruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralBecause the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.here: they will be sold
- Leviticus 25:47וְנִמְכַּ֗רvenimkarHc/VNq3msIf a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,here: and he will sell himself
- Leviticus 25:48נִמְכַּ֔רnimkarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhe retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:here: he has sold himself
- Leviticus 25:50הִמָּ֣כְרוֹhimakherovverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.here: he sold himself
- Leviticus 27:20מָכַ֥רmakharverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIf, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.here: he has sold
- Leviticus 27:27וְנִמְכַּ֥רvenimkarHc/VNq3msBut if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.here: and it will be sold
- Leviticus 27:28יִמָּכֵ֖רyimakherverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularNothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.here: it will be sold
Deuteronomy7 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 14:21מָכֹר֙makhorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: you will sell it
- Deuteronomy 15:12יִמָּכֵ֨רyimakherverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.here: he will sell himself
- Deuteronomy 21:14וּמָכֹ֥רumakhorconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteAnd if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.here: and certainly sell
- Deuteronomy 21:14תִמְכְּרֶ֖נָּהtimkerenahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.here: you will sell her
- Deuteronomy 24:7וּמְכָר֑וֹumekharoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3msIf a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.here: and he will sell him
- Deuteronomy 28:68וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨םvehitmakartemHc/Vtq2mpThe LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”here: and you will sell yourselves
- Deuteronomy 32:30מְכָרָ֔םmekharamverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralHow could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?here: he had sold them
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 2:14וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֞םvaiyimkeremHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.here: and he sold them
- Judges 3:8וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֗םvaiyimkeremHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.here: and he sold them
- Judges 4:2וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣םvaiyimkeremHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpSo the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.here: and he sold them
- Judges 4:9יִמְכֹּ֥רyimkorverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,here: he will sell
- Judges 10:7וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם֙vaiyimkeremHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpSo the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,here: and he sold them
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 21:20הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ֔hitmakerkhaverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWhen Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.here: you having sold yourself
- 1 Kings 21:25הִתְמַכֵּ֔רhitmakerverb · reflexive (hithpael), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.here: he sold himself
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 4:7מִכְרִ֣יmikhriverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularShe went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”here: sell
- 2 Kings 17:17וַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּvaiyitmakeruHc/Vtw3mpThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.here: and they sold themselves
Nehemiah7 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:8הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤יםhanimkarimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluraland said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.here: who sold themselves
- Nehemiah 5:8תִּמְכְּר֥וּtimkeruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluraland said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.here: you sold
- Nehemiah 5:8וְנִמְכְּרוּ־venimkeru-Hc/VNq3cpand said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.here: and they were sold
- Nehemiah 10:31לִמְכּ֔וֹרlimkorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.here: to sell
- Nehemiah 13:15מִכְרָ֥םmikhramverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralIn those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.here: sold they
- Nehemiah 13:16וּמֹכְרִ֧יםumokherimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAdditionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.here: and [were] selling [it]
- Nehemiah 13:20וּמֹכְרֵ֧יumokhereiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,here: and [the] sellers of
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 7:4נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nimkarnuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralFor my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”here: we have been sold
- Esther 7:4נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nimkarnuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralFor my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”here: we had been sold
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 44:12תִּמְכֹּֽר־timkor-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.here: you have sold
- Psalms 105:17נִמְכַּ֥רnimkarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.here: he was sold
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 23:23תִּמְכֹּ֑רtimkorverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularInvest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.here: you sell [it]
- Proverbs 31:24וַתִּמְכֹּ֑רvatimkorHc/Vqw3fsShe makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.here: and she sold
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 24:2כַּמּוֹכֵ֔רkamokherpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularpeople and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.here: as the seller
- Isaiah 50:1מָכַ֥רְתִּיmakhartiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThis is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.here: I sold
- Isaiah 50:1נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֔םnimkartemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralThis is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.here: you were sold
- Isaiah 52:3נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֑םnimkartemverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”here: you were sold
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 7:12וְהַמּוֹכֵ֖רvehamokherconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.here: and the seller
- Ezekiel 7:13הַמּוֹכֵ֗רhamokherthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.here: the seller
- Ezekiel 30:12וּמָכַרְתִּ֥יumakhartiHc/Vqq1csI will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.here: and I will sell
- Ezekiel 48:14יִמְכְּר֣וּyimkeruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.here: they will sell
Joel5 occurrences
- Joel 3:3מָכְר֥וּmakheruverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.here: they have sold
- Joel 3:6מְכַרְתֶּ֖םmekhartemverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.here: you sold
- Joel 3:7מְכַרְתֶּ֥םmekhartemverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralBehold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.here: you sold
- Joel 3:8וּמָכַרְתִּ֞יumakhartiHc/Vqq1csI will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.here: and I will sell
- Joel 3:8וּמְכָר֥וּםumekharumHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3mpI will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.here: and they will sell them