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H5503

סָחַר

çâchar · saw-khar'

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

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive root;

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

  1. to travel round (specifically as a pedlar)
  2. intensively, to palpitate

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.

Letters

ס
Samekh
ח
Het
ר
Resh
  1. סSamekh60

    Picture: a prop or pillar

    Concrete
    pillar · prop · thorn
    Extended
    to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
  2. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  3. רResh200

    Picture: a human head

    Concrete
    head · face · person
    Extended
    first · top · beginning · chief · the highest

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to support and uphold › to separate and protect › the head, the highest

To support and uphold that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָחַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • was thy merchant3 · 14%
  • and trade2 · 10%
  • merchants2 · 10%
  • money with the merchant1 · 5%
  • merchantmen1 · 5%
  • and ye shall traffick1 · 5%
  • and merchants1 · 5%
  • panteth1 · 5%
  • she is like the merchants1 · 5%
  • thou whom the merchants1 · 5%
  • city, whose merchants1 · 5%
  • even thy merchants1 · 5%
  • go about1 · 5%
  • they occupied1 · 5%
  • in these were they thy merchants1 · 5%
  • the merchants1 · 5%
  • and the merchants1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

סֹחֲרֵ֣י3סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ2סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ׃1סָחֲר֥וּ1וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ1סֹֽחֲרִים֙1סְ֭חַרְחַר1וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖ים1סֹחֵ֥ר1תִּסְחָֽרוּ׃1סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְ1סוֹחֵ֑ר1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance