Sachar סַחַר
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| סַחַר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sachar |
| Strong's number | H5504 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | profit |
| Occurrences | 7 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Sachar (Hebrew סַחַר, Strong's H5504) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “profit”. It occurs 7 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) traffic, gain, profit, gain from merchandise
1a) traffic, gain from traffic
Also means: sa.char (סָ֫חַר "merchandise" H5505)
1a) traffic, gain from traffic
Also means: sa.char (סָ֫חַר "merchandise" H5505)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | merchandise (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | profitable (1), her gain (1), merchant (1), yet her profits (1), profit (1), merchandise (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sachar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Proverbs
- Proverbs 3:14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 31:18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 23:3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
- Isaiah 23:18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
- Isaiah 45:14Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).