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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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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
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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.
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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
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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.

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