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sold

Meaning of “sold”

Transferred for a price or gave over.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
82 occurrences75 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:33

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Nehemiah 13:16
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:16 · retained source text

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and all maner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the children of Iudah, and in Ierusalem.

Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 7:4 · retained source text

For we are sold, I, and my people, to be destroyed, to be slaine, and to perish: but if we had bene sold for bondmen, and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not counteruaile the kings dammage.

1611 marginal noteHebr. that they should destroy and kil, and cause to perish.

Psalms 105:17
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 105:17 · retained source text

Hee sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was sold for a seruant.

1611 marginal noteGen.37.28.

Isaiah 50:1
THUS saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 50:1 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mothers diuorcement, whom I haue put away? or which of my creditours is it to whom I haue sold you? Behold, for your iniquities haue you solde your selues, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Isaiah 52:3
For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 52:3 · retained source text

For thus sayth the LORD, Yee haue solde your selues for nought: and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:14 · retained source text

At the end of seuen yeeres, let ye go euery man his brother an Hebrew which hath bene sold vnto thee: and when he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, thou shalt let him goe free from thee, but your fathers hearkened not vnto me, neither inclined their eare.

1611 marginal noteOr, hath sold himselfe.

1611 marginal noteExo.21.2 deut. 15.12

Lamentations 5:4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 5:4 · retained source text

We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs.

1611 marginal noteHeb. commeth for price.

Ezekiel 7:13
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:13 · retained source text

For the seller shall not returne to that which is solde, although they were yet aliue: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof which shal not returne: neither shall any strengthen himselfe in the iniquity of his life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thogh their life were yet among the liuing.

1611 marginal noteOr, whose life is in his iniquitie. Heb. his iniquitie.

Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 3:3 · retained source text

And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.

Joel 3:6
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 3:6 · retained source text

The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue ye sold vnto the Grecians, that yee might remoue them farre from their border.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the sonnes of the Grecians.

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Past tense and past participle of sell.

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