Quick Definition
I sell
Strong's Definition
from the base of G4008 (πέραν)); to traffic (by travelling), i.e. dispose of as merchandise or into slavery (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: contracted from (to traverse;
KJV Usage: sell
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πιπράσκω: 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 ξΘλΗψ; to sell: Mat_13:46 (on the use of the perfect, cf. Sophocles' Glossary, etc., Introduction, § 82, 4) Act_2:45; Act_4:34; Act_5:4; with the genitive of price, Mat_26:9; Mar_14:5; Joh_12:5 (Deu_21:14); τινα, one into slavery, Mat_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, 2Ki_17:17; 1Ma_1:15, cf. 1Ki_20:25 (); with a dative of the master to whom one is sold as a slave, Lev_25:39; Deu_15:12; Deu_28:68; Bar_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).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πιπράσκω pipraskō 9x
to sell, Mat_13:46 ; Mat_18:25 ;
met. with ὑπό , pass. to be sold under, to be a slave to, be devoted to, Rom_7:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πιπράσκω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4376 ni .;]
to sell: c . acc rei , Mat_13:46 (on this pf ., v. Bl., § 59, 5), Act_2:45 ; Act_4:34 ; Act_5:4 ; c . gen . (of price), Mat_26:9 , Mar_14:5 , Joh_12:5 ; c . acc pers . (of slavery), Mat_18:25 ; hence metaph ., Rom_7:14 ( cf. 2Ki_17:17 , 1Ma_1:15 , al .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πιπράσκω [page 513]
sell, c. acc. rei : P Par 59 .4 (B.C. 159) (= UPZ i. p. 413) πέπρακα (cf. Mat_13:46 : Blass Gr. § 59. 5) τὸ ὀθόνιον (δραχμὰς ) φ̄ , P Oxy XIV. 1672 .3 (A.D. 37 41) πεπράκαμεν χό (ας ) λ̄β̄ ξένοις προσώποις , we sold 32 choes to some strangers, BGU IV. 1079 .16 (A.D. 41) (= Selections , p. 39) παρὰ τάλαντόν σοι πέπρακα τὰ φο [ρτ ]ι̣α μου , I have sold my wares for a talent, P Oxy II. 264 .2 (A.D. 54) ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι τὸν ὑπάρχοντά μοι ἱστὸν γερδι [ακόν , I agree that I have sold to you the weaver s loom belonging to me, ib. IX. 1200 .41 (A.D. 266) πέπρακα τὸ ἐπιβαλόν μοι ψειλὸν τόπον καὶ ἀπέσχον τὴν τειμὴν ὡς ἑπρόκειται , I have sold the free space falling to me and have received the price as aforesaid (Ed.).
Other exx. of the verb are P Hib I. 41 .23 ( c. B.C. 261) ἑπιμέλειαν δὲ ποίησαι ὅπως καὶ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἔλαιον δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἥδη πραθῆι , be careful to see that the existing store of oil be now sold by him (Edd.), P Fay 131 .5 (iii/iv A.D.) ποίησον αὐτὰς πραθῆναι ἐκ (δραχμῶν ) ῑδ̄ , get them (artabae of barley) sold at 14 drachmae an artaba, and OGIS 484 .16 (ii/A.D.) ὅσα μέντοι τῶν λεπτῶν ὀψαρίων σταθμῶι πιπρασκόμενα τιμᾶται ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγορανόμων . The verbal πρατέος is found in the Christian P Oxy XII. 1494 .4 (early iv/A.D.) εἵν᾽ οὕτως θεοῦ θέλοντος τάχα τει πραταίον ( l. τι πρατέον ) γε̣νηται , in order that, if God so wills, there may perhaps be something to sell (Edd.). The subst. πρᾶσις , a selling, occurs in P Eleph 14 .25 (iii/B.C.), and πρατήριον , a market, in P Par 62 iii. 15 ( c. B.C. 170). For the compd. παραπιπράσκω (not in LS 8 ) see Michel 809 .5 (iii/B.C.) and P bibl univ Giss 2 .24 (ii/B.C.), and cf. Herwerden Lex. s.v. παράπρασις .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πιπράσκω [Etym: πιπράσκω shortd. from πιπεράσκω, redupl. form of περάω2] "to sell", Dem. :— Pass. "to be sold", esp. for exportation, Hdt. , attic "to sell" for a bribe, of political leaders, Dem. :—metaph. in Pass., πέπραμαι "I am bought and sold!" i. e. "betrayed, ruined, undone", Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πιπράσκω
[in LXX chiefly for מָכַר ni. ;]
to sell: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:46 (on this pf., see Bl., § 59, 5), Act.2:45 4:34 5:4; with genitive (of price), Mat.26:9, Mrk.14:5, Jhn.12:5; with accusative of person(s) (of slavery), Mat.18:25; hence metaphorically, Rom.7:14 (cf. 4Ki.17:17, 1Ma.1:15, al.).†
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