πωλέω
pōléō · G4453 · Greek · 22 occurrences
Meanings
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to sell
To dispose of property or provide services in exchange for money or other valuable considerations
ExamplesMatthew 10:29 “Are two sparrows not sold for an assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
How it’s used In 9 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
22 occurrences in 10 groups
- Not stated (participle) 10
- Not stated: you (one person) 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
13 occurrences in 9 groups
- περιστεράdove 4
- ἔχωto have 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐνin+ ἱερόνtemple 1
- ἐνin+ μάκελλονmeat market 1
- σύνwith, together with+ ΣαπφείρηSapphire 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θησαυρόςtreasure, storeroom 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κάθημαιto sit 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκβάλλωto cast out, to drive out 3
- ἔπωto say 1
- ἐσθίωto eat 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- καθέδραseat 2
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 1 word
- πιπράσκω pipráskō · G4097 · to sell
- πωλέω and πιπράσκω both denote selling in commercial contexts. πωλέω is the general marketplace term for bartering or selling, while πιπράσκω carries a slight connotation of trafficking or merchant travel; both function interchangeably in ordinary commercial selling.
In the other Testament 1 word
- מָכַר mâkar · H4376 · to sell, to sell oneself
- Hebrew מָכַר and Greek πωλέω both denote the commercial act of selling/bartering goods, with πωλέω emphasizing the pedlar's trade activity while מָכַר covers the broader semantic range of selling including disposal of property or self-sale into servitude.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To sell57.186
- The verb describes the ordinary transaction of selling. Jesus instructs the rich young ruler, “go and sell your possessions and give to the poor” (Matthew 19:21).
Word family 1 word
This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πώλω; imperfect ἐπώλουν; 1 aorist ἐπώλησα; present passive πωλοῦμαι; (πελῶ πέλομαι, to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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