Word

πιπράσκω

pipráskō · G4097 · Greek · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to sell

To dispose of property or provide services in exchange for money or other valuable considerations

Examples
Matthew 13:46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had and bought it.
Matthew 18:25 “But since he did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made.
Matthew 26:9 “For this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

9 occurrences in 9 groups

Not stated (participle) 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 3 groups

ἔχωto have 1
κτῆμαproperty 1
ὕπαρξιςpossessions 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

διάthrough+ τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
ἐπάνωabove+ δηνάριονdenarius 1
ὑπόby, under+ ἁμαρτίαsin 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὐnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

δύναμαιcan 2
κελεύωto order 1
λέγωto say 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τιμήhonor 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

πωλέω pōléō · G4453 · to sell: πιπράσκω and πωλέω both denote selling. πιπράσκω carries a slight connotation of trafficking or disposing of goods, while πωλέω is the more general marketplace term for bartering or selling; both occupy the same core semantic space of commercial sale.
ἀποδίδωμι apodídōmi · G591 · to return, to give back, to pay: Used interchangeably with ἀποδίδωμι specifically in commercial contexts involving sale or disposal of property, though ἀποδίδωμι's semantic range extends well beyond commercial transactions to include payment, reward, recompense, and performance of actions. The near-synonymy is register-specific rather than general.

In the other Testament 1 word

מָכַר mâkar · H4376 · to sell, to sell oneself: Greek πιπράσκω and Hebrew מָכַר both denote the act of selling or trafficking in merchandise or persons, representing direct translation equivalents for commercial transaction terminology across the Septuagint tradition.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To sell57.186: πιπράσκω describes exchanging goods or a person for payment. Matthew's parable of the merciless servant records the king's initial order: “But since he did not have the means to repay, his master commanded that he be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment be made” (Matthew 18:25).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : imperfect ἐπίπρασκον; perfect πέπρακα; passive, present participle πιπρασκόμενος;…

: imperfect ἐπίπρασκον; perfect πέπρακα; passive, present participle πιπρασκόμενος; perfect participle πεπραμένος; 1 aorist ἐπράθην; (from περάω to cross, to transport to a distant land); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָכַר; to sell: Mt 13:46 (on the use of the perfect, cf. Sophocles' Glossary, etc., Introduction, § 82, 4) Acts 2:45; Acts 4:34; Acts 5:4; with the genitive of price, Mt 26:9; Mk 14:5; Jn 12:5 (Deut 21:14); τινα, one into slavery, Mt 18:25; hence, metaphorically, πεπραμένος ὑπό τήν ἁμαρτίαν (A. V. sold under sin) i. e. entirely under the control of the love of sinning, Rom 7:14 (ἐπράθησαν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τό πονηρόν, 2 Kgs 17:17; 2 Kgs 17:1 Macc. 1:15, cf. 1 Kgs 20:25 (); with a dative of the master to whom one is sold as a slave, Lev 25:39; Deut 15:12; Deut 28:68; Baruch 4:6; Sophocles Trach. 252; ἑαυτόν τίνι, of one bribed to give himself up wholly to another's will, τῷ Φιλίππῳ, Demosthenes, p. 148, 8).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sell, Buy, Price9 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0