סָחַרçâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Pronunciation: saw-khar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5503
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
- Genesis 34:10 And you may live among us; the land is open to you! Settle here and trade with us. And feel free to buy property in the area.”
- Genesis 34:21 “These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.
- Genesis 37:28 So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
- Genesis 42:34 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.’”
- 1 Kings 10:28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.