Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
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Merchant
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Matthew 13:45
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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סָחַר
çâchar · saw-khar'
4 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Strong's KJV usage: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 23:16Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:18
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Kᵉnaʻan · ken-ah'-an
3 times translated as this KJV form94 total Strong's occurrences
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
Strong's KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 23:11Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:11
Open full H3667 profile →רָכַל
râkal · raw-kal'
3 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to travel for trading
Strong's KJV usage: (spice) merchant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 3:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:20
Open full H7402 profile →ἔμπορος
émporos · em'-por-os
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a (wholesale) tradesman
Strong's KJV usage: :--merchant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 13:45Strong's last: Matthew 13:45
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Kᵉnaʻanîy · ken-ah-an-ee'
1 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Strong's KJV usage: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 31:24Strong's last: Proverbs 31:24
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H5503
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
H3669
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
H7402
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
H3667
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
H7402
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
H5503
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
H5503
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
H5503
Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
H7402
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
H3667
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
H3667
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
G1713
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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merchant
MER'CHANT, noun [Latin mercor, to buy.]
1. A man who trafficks or carries on trade with foreign countries, or who exports and imports goods and sells them by wholesale.
2. In popular usage, any trader, or one who deals in the purchase and sale of goods.
3. A ship in trade. [Not used.]
MER'CHANT, verb intransitive To trade. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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