4376. makar
Berean Strong's Lexicon
makar: To sell, to betray

Original Word: מָכַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: makar
Pronunciation: mah-KAR
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kar')
Definition: To sell, to betray
Meaning: to sell

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4453 (πωλέω, poleo) - to sell

- G4272 (προδίδωμι, prodidomi) - to betray

Usage: The Hebrew verb "makar" primarily means "to sell." It is used in the context of commercial transactions, where goods, property, or even individuals (such as servants or captives) are exchanged for money or other compensation. The term can also carry the connotation of betrayal, as selling someone into the hands of another often implies a breach of trust or loyalty.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the concept of selling was integral to the economy and social structure. The sale of land, livestock, and goods was common, and the law provided specific regulations to ensure fairness and justice in these transactions (e.g., Leviticus 25:14). The sale of individuals, particularly in the context of servitude or slavery, was also a reality, though it was regulated by laws that aimed to protect the rights and dignity of the individuals involved (e.g., Exodus 21:2-11). The idea of selling or betrayal is poignantly illustrated in the account of Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers (Genesis 37:28).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to sell
NASB Translation
certainly sell (1), destruction (1), make (1), merchants (1), offer yourselves for sale (1), sell (23), seller (3), selling (1), sells (8), sold (40).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מָכַר verb sell (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מכר; Zinjirli מכרו price, DHMSendsch. 60; Aramaic , מְכַר marry (i.e. buy as a wife); compare Assyrian makkûru, namkur(r)u, nakkuru, possession, property, DlHWB 408); —

Qal Perfect ׳מ Leviticus 27:20 2t.; suffix מְכָרוֺ Exodus 21:37 2t.; 1 singular מָכַרְתִּי Isaiah 50:1 2t., etc.; Imperfect יִמְכֹּר Exodus 21:7 +, etc.; Imperative מִכְרָ֫ה Genesis 25:31; feminine singular מִכְרִי 2 Kings 4:7; Infinitive absolute מָכֹר Deuteronomy 14:21; Deuteronomy 21:14; construct מְכוֺר Nehemiah 10:32; suffix מָכְרָהּ Exodus 21:8; מִכְרָם Amos 2:6; Nehemiah 13:15 (compare BaNB 104); Participle מֹכֵר (מוֺכֵר) Leviticus 25:16 3t.; feminine מֹכֶרֶת Nahum 3:4, etc.; — sell (with בְּ pret. Amos 2:6; Joel 4:3; Psalm 44:13) followed by accusative e.g. land Genesis 47:20,22 (J), Leviticus 25:14 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Leviticus 25:25 (H; followed by מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֺ) compare Ezekiel 48:14 (followed by מִן partitive), Leviticus 25:15 (no object expressed), so Leviticus 25:27; Leviticus 27:20 (H), Ruth 4:3; house Leviticus 25:29 (H); beast Exodus 21:35; Exodus 21:37 (E); flesh Deuteronomy 14:21 (no object); crop Leviticus 25:16 (H); food Nehemiah 10:32; Nehemiah 13:15,16, compare Nehemiah 13:20 (followed by מִמְכָר); oil 2 Kings 4:7; linen Proverbs 31:24; birthright Genesis 25:31,33 (J); most often human beings, e.g. as slaves Genesis 37:27,28,36; Genesis 45:4,5 (all J E), Exodus 21:16 (E), Deuteronomy 21:14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 24:7, compare Amos 2:6; Nehemiah 5:8; Zechariah 11:5; Joel 4:3; Joel 4:6; Joel 4:7; Joel 4:8 (twice in verse); especially daughters Exodus 21:7,8 (E); in marriage Genesis 31:15 (E); Participle = seller Isaiah 24:2; Ezekiel 7:12,13; figurative, object truth Proverbs 23:23; of Nineveh, selling nations גּוֺיִם Nahum 3:4; especially ׳י selling his people (to enemies), i.e. giving it entirely into their power: Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalm 44:13; Isaiah 50:1, also (בְּיַד ׳מ) Judges 2:14; Judges 3:8; Judges 4:2; Judges 10:7; 1 Samuel 12:9; compare Judges 4:9 (Sisera to woman); also Ezekiel 30:12 (strike out Co after B and others)

Niph`al Perfect נִמְכַּר Leviticus 25:48 5t., etc.; Imperfect יִמָּכֵר Leviticus 25:34 3t., etc.; Infinitive הִמָּֽכְרוֺ Leviticus 25:50; Participle plural נִמְכָּרִים Nehemiah 5:8; — be sold, of land Leviticus 25:23,34; beast Leviticus 27:27; compare Leviticus 27:28 (all P); of human beings as slaves Exodus 22:2 for (בְּ) theft (E), Leviticus 25:42 (P), Psalm 105:17; Esther 7:4; sell oneself Leviticus 25:39,47,48,50 (PH), Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:14; Nehemiah 5:8 (twice in verse); figurative of Israel, sold by ׳י, Isaiah 50:1 for (בְּ) their sins, Isaiah 52:3; compare Esther 7:4 = given over to death.

Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְמַכֵּר 1 Kings 21:25; וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּם consecutive Deuteronomy 28:68; וַיִּתְמַכְּרוּ 2 Kings 17:17; Infinitive הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ 1 Kings 21:20; sell oneself as slave Deuteronomy 28:68; figurative 1 Kings 21:20,25; 2 Kings 17:17, all followed by לַעֲשׂוֺת הָרַע.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sell away,

A primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender) -- X at all, sell (away, -er, self).

Forms and Transliterations
הִמָּ֣כְרוֹ הִתְמַכֵּ֔ר הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ֔ הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת הַמּוֹכֵ֗ר הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤ים המוכר המכרו המכרת הנמכרים התמכר התמכרך וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨ם וְהַמּוֹכֵ֖ר וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּ וְנִמְכְּרוּ־ וְנִמְכַּ֖ר וְנִמְכַּ֗ר וְנִמְכַּ֥ר וְנִמְכַּר־ וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֗ם וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֞ם וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם֙ וַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּ וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם וַיִּמְכֹּ֣ר וַיִּמְכֹּ֥ר וַתִּמְכֹּ֑ר וּמְכָר֑וֹ וּמְכָר֛וֹ וּמְכָר֥וּם וּמָ֨כְר֜וּ וּמָכַ֖ר וּמָכַרְתִּ֞י וּמָכַרְתִּ֥י וּמָכֹ֥ר וּמֹכְרִ֧ים וּמֹכְרֵ֧י וּמֹכְרֵיהֶ֣ן והמוכר והתמכרתם וימכר וימכרו וימכרם ויתמכרו ומכר ומכרו ומכרום ומכרי ומכריהן ומכרים ומכרתי ונמכר ונמכר־ ונמכרו־ ונמכרנו ותמכר יִמְכְּר֣וּ יִמְכָּר־ יִמְכֹּ֤ר יִמְכֹּ֥ר יִמָּכְר֖וּ יִמָּכֵ֑ר יִמָּכֵ֖ר יִמָּכֵ֣ר יִמָּכֵ֨ר ימכר ימכר־ ימכרו כַּמּוֹכֵ֔ר כמוכר לְמָכְרָ֖הּ לִמְכּ֔וֹר למכור למכרה מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם מְכָר֑וֹ מְכָרָ֑נוּ מְכָרָ֔ם מִכְרִ֣י מִכְרָ֤ם מִכְרָ֥ה מִכְרָ֥ם מָֽכַר־ מָכְר֖וּ מָכְר֤וּ מָכְר֥וּ מָכְרָ֣ה מָכַ֥ר מָכַ֥רְתִּי מָכֹר֙ מֹכֵ֖ר מכר מכר־ מכרה מכרו מכרי מכרם מכרנו מכרתי מכרתם נִמְכַּ֔ר נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ נִמְכַּ֥ר נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֑ם נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֔ם נמכר נמכרנו נמכרתם תִּמְכְּר֥וּ תִּמְכֹּ֑ר תִּמְכֹּֽר־ תִמְכְּר֤וּ תִמְכְּרֶ֖נָּה תִמָּכֵר֙ תמכר תמכר־ תמכרו תמכרנה ham·mō·ḵe·reṯ ham·mō·w·ḵêr hammoCher hammoCheret hammōḵereṯ hammōwḵêr han·nim·kā·rîm hannimkaRim hannimkārîm him·mā·ḵə·rōw himMacherov himmāḵərōw hiṯ·mak·kêr hiṯ·mak·ker·ḵā hitmakKer hiṯmakkêr hitmakkerCha hiṯmakkerḵā kam·mō·w·ḵêr kammoCher kammōwḵêr lə·mā·ḵə·rāh lemacheRah ləmāḵərāh lim·kō·wr limKor limkōwr mā·ḵar mā·ḵar- mā·ḵar·tî mā·ḵə·rāh mā·ḵə·rū mā·ḵōr machar maCharti macheRah macheRu maChor māḵar māḵar- māḵartî māḵərāh māḵərū māḵōr mə·ḵā·rā·nū mə·ḵā·rām mə·ḵā·rōw mə·ḵar·tem mechaRam mechaRanu mechaRo mecharTem məḵārām məḵārānū məḵārōw məḵartem michRah michRam michRi miḵ·rāh miḵ·rām miḵ·rî miḵrāh miḵrām miḵrî mō·ḵêr moCher mōḵêr nim·kar nim·kar·nū nim·kar·tem nimkar nimKarnu nimkarnū nimkartem ṯim·kə·ren·nāh tim·kə·rū ṯim·kə·rū tim·kōr tim·kōr- ṯim·mā·ḵêr timkeRennah ṯimkərennāh timkeRu timkərū ṯimkərū timkor timkōr timkōr- timmaCher ṯimmāḵêr ū·mā·ḵar ū·mā·ḵar·tî ū·mā·ḵə·rū ū·mā·ḵōr ū·mə·ḵā·rōw ū·mə·ḵā·rūm ū·mō·ḵə·rê ū·mō·ḵə·rê·hen ū·mō·ḵə·rîm umaChar umacharTi uMacheRu umaChor ūmāḵar ūmāḵartî ūmāḵərū ūmāḵōr umechaRo umechaRum ūməḵārōw ūməḵārūm umocheRei umochereiHen umocheRim ūmōḵərê ūmōḵərêhen ūmōḵərîm vaiyimkeRem vaiyimkeRu vaiyimKor vaiyitmakkeRu vattimKor vehammoCher vehitmakkarTem venimKar venimkeRennu venimkeru wat·tim·kōr wattimkōr way·yim·kə·rêm way·yim·kə·rū way·yim·kōr way·yiṯ·mak·kə·rū wayyimkərêm wayyimkərū wayyimkōr wayyiṯmakkərū wə·ham·mō·w·ḵêr wə·hiṯ·mak·kar·tem wə·nim·kar wə·nim·kar- wə·nim·kə·ren·nū wə·nim·kə·rū- wəhammōwḵêr wəhiṯmakkartem wənimkar wənimkar- wənimkərennū wənimkərū- yim·kār- yim·kə·rū yim·kōr yim·mā·ḵə·rū yim·mā·ḵêr yimkār- yimkeRu yimkərū yimKor yimkōr yimmaCher yimmacheRu yimmāḵêr yimmāḵərū
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Genesis 25:31
HEB: וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִכְרָ֥ה כַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־
NAS: said, First sell me your birthright.
KJV: said, Sell me this day
INT: said Jacob sell First your birthright

Genesis 25:33
HEB: וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑וֹ וַיִּמְכֹּ֥ר אֶת־ בְּכֹרָת֖וֹ
NAS: to me; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright
KJV: and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright
INT: First swore and sold his birthright to Jacob

Genesis 31:15
HEB: ל֖וֹ כִּ֣י מְכָרָ֑נוּ וַיֹּ֥אכַל גַּם־
NAS: by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also
KJV: of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite
INT: reckoned for sell away entirely also

Genesis 37:27
HEB: לְכ֞וּ וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּ לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים וְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙
NAS: Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites
KJV: Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites,
INT: Come sell to the Ishmaelites our hands

Genesis 37:28
HEB: מִן־ הַבּ֔וֹר וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ אֶת־ יוֹסֵ֛ף
NAS: out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites
KJV: out of the pit, and sold Joseph
INT: out of the pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites

Genesis 37:36
HEB: וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים מָכְר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־
NAS: Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt
KJV: And the Midianites sold him into Egypt
INT: the Midianites sold about Egypt

Genesis 45:4
HEB: אֲחִיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־ מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖י מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
NAS: Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
KJV: your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
INT: I am your brother whom sold Egypt

Genesis 45:5
HEB: בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־ מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖י הֵ֑נָּה
NAS: because you sold me here,
KJV: with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God
INT: yourselves because sold here because

Genesis 47:20
HEB: לְפַרְעֹ֔ה כִּֽי־ מָכְר֤וּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אִ֣ישׁ
NAS: Egyptian sold his field,
KJV: for the Egyptians sold every man
INT: Pharaoh because sold Egyptian another

Genesis 47:22
HEB: כֵּ֕ן לֹ֥א מָכְר֖וּ אֶת־ אַדְמָתָֽם׃
NAS: them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.
KJV: gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
INT: after that did not sell their land

Exodus 21:7
HEB: וְכִֽי־ יִמְכֹּ֥ר אִ֛ישׁ אֶת־
NAS: a man sells his daughter
KJV: And if a man sell his daughter
INT: If sells A man his daughter

Exodus 21:8
HEB: לֹא־ יִמְשֹׁ֥ל לְמָכְרָ֖הּ בְּבִגְדוֹ־ בָֽהּ׃
NAS: He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign
KJV: her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange
INT: does not have to sell of his unfairness

Exodus 21:16
HEB: וְגֹנֵ֨ב אִ֧ישׁ וּמְכָר֛וֹ וְנִמְצָ֥א בְיָד֖וֹ
NAS: a man, whether he sells him or he is found
KJV: a man, and selleth him, or if he be found
INT: kidnaps A man sells is found his possession

Exodus 21:35
HEB: רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת וּמָ֨כְר֜וּ אֶת־ הַשּׁ֤וֹר
NAS: so that it dies, then they shall sell the live
KJV: that he die; then they shall sell the live
INT: another's dies shall sell ox the live

Exodus 22:1
HEB: וּטְבָח֖וֹ א֣וֹ מְכָר֑וֹ חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה בָקָ֗ר
NAS: it or sells it, he shall pay
KJV: and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore
INT: and slaughters or sells five oxen

Exodus 22:3
HEB: אֵ֣ין ל֔וֹ וְנִמְכַּ֖ר בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ׃
NAS: he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
KJV: restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
INT: if nothing shall be sold his theft

Leviticus 25:14
HEB: וְכִֽי־ תִמְכְּר֤וּ מִמְכָּר֙ לַעֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ
NAS: If you make a sale,
KJV: And if thou sell ought
INT: If make A sale to your friend

Leviticus 25:15
HEB: שְׁנֵֽי־ תְבוּאֹ֖ת יִמְכָּר־ לָֽךְ׃
NAS: from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number
KJV: of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
INT: of years of crops sell

Leviticus 25:16
HEB: תְּבוּאֹ֔ת ה֥וּא מֹכֵ֖ר לָֽךְ׃
NAS: of crops he is selling to you.
KJV: [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
INT: of crops he is selling

Leviticus 25:23
HEB: וְהָאָ֗רֶץ לֹ֤א תִמָּכֵר֙ לִצְמִתֻ֔ת כִּי־
NAS: The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently,
KJV: The land shall not be sold for ever:
INT: the land not shall not be sold permanently for

Leviticus 25:25
HEB: יָמ֣וּךְ אָחִ֔יךָ וּמָכַ֖ר מֵאֲחֻזָּת֑וֹ וּבָ֤א
NAS: of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property,
KJV: be waxen poor, and hath sold away [some] of his possession,
INT: becomes A fellow sell of his property come

Leviticus 25:27
HEB: לָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָֽכַר־ ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ב
NAS: to whom he sold it, and so return
KJV: unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return
INT: to the man to whom sold return to his property

Leviticus 25:29
HEB: וְאִ֗ישׁ כִּֽי־ יִמְכֹּ֤ר בֵּית־ מוֹשַׁב֙
NAS: a man sells a dwelling
KJV: And if a man sell a dwelling house
INT: A man if sells house A dwelling

Leviticus 25:34
HEB: עָרֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א יִמָּכֵ֑ר כִּֽי־ אֲחֻזַּ֥ת
NAS: of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual
KJV: of their cities may not be sold; for it [is] their perpetual
INT: of their cities not shall not be sold for possession

Leviticus 25:39
HEB: אָחִ֛יךָ עִמָּ֖ךְ וְנִמְכַּר־ לָ֑ךְ לֹא־
NAS: with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject
KJV: [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel
INT: A countryman regard sells shall not subject

80 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4376
80 Occurrences


ham·mō·w·ḵêr — 1 Occ.
ham·mō·ḵe·reṯ — 1 Occ.
han·nim·kā·rîm — 1 Occ.
him·mā·ḵə·rōw — 1 Occ.
hiṯ·mak·kêr — 1 Occ.
hiṯ·mak·ker·ḵā — 1 Occ.
kam·mō·w·ḵêr — 1 Occ.
lə·mā·ḵə·rāh — 1 Occ.
lim·kō·wr — 1 Occ.
mā·ḵar- — 2 Occ.
mā·ḵar·tî — 1 Occ.
mā·ḵə·rāh — 1 Occ.
mā·ḵə·rū — 4 Occ.
mā·ḵōr — 1 Occ.
mə·ḵā·rām — 1 Occ.
mə·ḵā·rā·nū — 1 Occ.
mə·ḵā·rōw — 1 Occ.
mə·ḵar·tem — 4 Occ.
miḵ·rāh — 1 Occ.
miḵ·rām — 2 Occ.
miḵ·rî — 1 Occ.
mō·ḵêr — 1 Occ.
nim·kar — 2 Occ.
nim·kar·nū — 2 Occ.
nim·kar·tem — 2 Occ.
ṯim·kə·ren·nāh — 1 Occ.
ṯim·kə·rū — 2 Occ.
tim·kōr- — 2 Occ.
ṯim·mā·ḵêr — 1 Occ.
ū·mā·ḵar — 1 Occ.
ū·mā·ḵar·tî — 2 Occ.
ū·mā·ḵə·rū — 1 Occ.
ū·mā·ḵōr — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·ḵā·rōw — 2 Occ.
ū·mə·ḵā·rūm — 1 Occ.
ū·mō·ḵə·rê — 1 Occ.
ū·mō·ḵə·rê·hen — 1 Occ.
ū·mō·ḵə·rîm — 1 Occ.
way·yim·kə·rêm — 4 Occ.
way·yim·kə·rū — 1 Occ.
way·yim·kōr — 2 Occ.
way·yiṯ·mak·kə·rū — 1 Occ.
wat·tim·kōr — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·mō·w·ḵêr — 1 Occ.
wə·hiṯ·mak·kar·tem — 1 Occ.
wə·nim·kar — 4 Occ.
wə·nim·kə·ren·nū — 1 Occ.
wə·nim·kə·rū- — 1 Occ.
yim·kə·rū — 1 Occ.
yim·kōr — 4 Occ.
yim·mā·ḵêr — 4 Occ.
yim·mā·ḵə·rū — 1 Occ.
















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