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sell

Meaning of “sell”

1. To transfer for a price. 2. To betray or surrender into another's power.

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35 occurrences34 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:31

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Genesis 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 37:27 · retained source text

Come, and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand bee vpon him: for he is our brother, and our flesh; and his brethren were content.

1611 marginal noteHebr. hearkened.

Exodus 21:7
¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:7 · retained source text

¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a mayd seruant, shee shall not goe out as the men seruants doe.

Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 21:8 · retained source text

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himselfe, then shall he let her be redeemed: To sell her vnto a strange nation hee shall haue no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

1611 marginal noteHebr. be euill in the eyes of, &c.

Exodus 21:35
¶ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:35 · retained source text

¶ And if one mans oxe hurt anothers, that he die, then they shall sell the liue oxe, and diuide the money of it, and the dead oxe also they shall diuide.

Exodus 22:1
IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 22:1 · retained source text

¶ If a man shal steale an oxe, or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe, and foure sheepe for a sheepe.

1611 marginal noteOr, goate.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 12.6.

Leviticus 25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:14 · retained source text

And if thou sell ought vnto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbours hand, ye shall not oppresse one another.

Leviticus 25:15
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:15 · retained source text

According to the number of yeres after the Iubile, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according vnto the number of yeeres of the fruits, he shall sell vnto thee.

Leviticus 25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:16 · retained source text

According to the multitude of yeeres, thou shalt encrease the price thereof, and according to the fewnesse of yeeres, thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the yeeres of the fruites doeth hee sell vnto thee.

Leviticus 25:29
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:29 · retained source text

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled citie, then he may redeeme it within a whole yeere after it is solde: within a full yeere may he redeeme it.

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