Strong's Hebrew · H4376
מָכַר
mâkar · maw-kar'
Definitionto sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage[idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).
Occurrences80 in the KJV · 74 verses
מָכַר in Scripture
Genesis 25:31
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Genesis 25:33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Genesis 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
Genesis 37:28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis 37:36
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh' s, and captain of the guard.
Genesis 45:4
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.
Genesis 45:5
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Genesis 47:20
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh' s.
Genesis 47:22
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Exodus 21:7
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Exodus 21:8
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.
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