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Hebrew verb · H5503

סָחַר

sacharsaw-khar'

to trade

21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: çâchar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5503is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 18
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5503

to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

The King James renders it: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.

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

sachar is rendered "to trade". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  • The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.

The first use

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

Genesis 23:16לַסֹּחֵֽר׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-one uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • trader your3
  • traders of3
  • traders2
  • traders your2
  • a trader1
  • and go about in it1
  • and let them go about in1
  • and the traders1
  • and traders of1
  • it palpitates1
  • they have gone about1
  • to the trader1

and 3 more, 21 uses in all

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.

סָחַבsachabto dragUses5
סָחַףsachaphto prostatrateUses2
סָחַרsacharmerchandiseUsesnot recorded

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 21, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

18 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

  • סֹחֲרֵ֣י3
  • סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ2
  • וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖ים1
  • וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ1
  • וּסְחָר֔וּהָ1
  • וְסֹחֲרֵ֨י1
  • לַסֹּחֵֽר׃1
  • סוֹחֵ֑ר1
  • סֹחֵ֥ר1
  • סָחֲר֥וּ1
  • סְ֭חַרְחַר1
  • סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙1

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular3HVqrfsc/Sp2fs
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HVqrmpc
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HVqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqrmpc/Sp2fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HC/Td/Vqrmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vqrmpc
  • HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Vqv2mp/Sp3fs
  • preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HRd/Vqrmsa
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqi2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp

Genesis

five uses
  • Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

    Genesis 23:16

    • לַסֹּחֵֽר׃lasocherpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: to the trader
  • You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

    Genesis 34:10

    • וּסְחָר֔וּהָusecharuhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and go about in it
  • “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.

    Genesis 34:21

    • וְיִסְחֲר֣וּveyischaruHC/Vqu3mptagged: and let them go about in
  • So 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.

    Genesis 37:28

    • סֹֽחֲרִ֗יםsocharimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: traders
  • But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”

    Genesis 42:34

    • תִּסְחָֽרוּ׃tischaruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will go about in

1 Kings

one use
  • Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

    1 Kings 10:28

    • סֹחֲרֵ֣יsochareiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: traders of

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

    2 Chronicles 1:16

    • סֹחֲרֵ֣יsochareiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: traders of
  • not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    2 Chronicles 9:14

    • וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖יםvehasocharimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and the traders

Psalms

one use
  • My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

    Psalms 38:10

    • סְ֭חַרְחַרsecharcharverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it palpitates

Proverbs

one use
  • She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

    Proverbs 31:14

    • סוֹחֵ֑רsocherverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a trader

Isaiah

three uses
  • Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

    Isaiah 23:2

    • סֹחֵ֥רsocherverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: trader of
  • Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

    Isaiah 23:8

    • סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙sochareihverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: traders its
  • This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

    Isaiah 47:15

    • סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְsocharayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your

Jeremiah

one use
  • If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

    Jeremiah 14:18

    • סָחֲר֥וּsacharuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have gone about

Ezekiel

seven uses
  • Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

    Ezekiel 27:12

    • סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְsochartekhverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: trader your
  • Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

    Ezekiel 27:16

    • סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְsochartekhverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: trader your
  • Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,

    Ezekiel 27:18

    • סֹחַרְתֵּ֛ךְsochartekhverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: trader your
  • Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.

    Ezekiel 27:21

    • סֹחֲרֵ֣יsochareiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: traders of
    • סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ׃socharayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
  • Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

    Ezekiel 27:36

    • סֹֽחֲרִים֙socharimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: traders
  • Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’

    Ezekiel 38:13

    • וְסֹחֲרֵ֨יvesochareiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and traders of

The letters

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.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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