Greek verb · G4453
πωλέω
poleopo-leh'-o
to exchange or barter.; to sell
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pōléō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4453is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 16spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4453
to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell
The King James renders it: sell, whatever is sold.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
poleo is rendered "to exchange or barter.; to sell". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to exchange or barter.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Matthew 10:29πωλεῖται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's twenty-two uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to exchange or barter., and to sell.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to exchange or barter. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from… |
| to sellLuk.17:28, Rev.13:17; οἱ πωλοῦντες, Mat.21:12 25:9, Mrk.11:15, Luk.19:45; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:44 19:21 21:12, Mrk.10:21... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πωλοῦντας5
- πώλησον2
- πωλούντων2
- ἐπώλησεν1
- ἐπώλουν1
- πωλεῖ1
- πωλεῖται1
- πωλῆσαι1
- πωλήσας1
- πωλήσατε1
- πωλησάτω1
- πώλησόν1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural5V-PAP-APM
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular3V-AAM-2S
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2V-PAP-GPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singular1V-AAM-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-DPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Matthew
six uses
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- πωλεῖταιpoleitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: are sold
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- πωλεῖpoleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he sells
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- πώλησόνpolesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do sell
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- πωλοῦνταςpolountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
- πωλούντωνpolountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
- πωλοῦνταςpolountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
Mark
three uses
Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- πώλησονpolesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do sell
When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- πωλοῦνταςpolountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
- πωλούντωνpolountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
Luke
six uses
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
- πωλοῦνταιpolountaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are being sold for
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- πωλήσατεpolesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do sell
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
- ἐπώλουνepolounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were selling
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- πώλησονpolesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do sell
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
- πωλοῦνταςpolountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
- πωλησάτωpolesatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should sell
John
two uses
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
- πωλοῦνταςpolountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
- πωλοῦσινpolousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
Acts
three uses
There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
- πωλοῦντεςpolountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: selling
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- πωλήσαςpolesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sold
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
- ἐπώλησενepolesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sold
1 Corinthians
one use
Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
- πωλούμενονpoloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: being sold
Revelation
one use
so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.
- πωλῆσαιpolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sell
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.