H5504 סַחַר (çachar) sakh'-ar

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

profit

Strong's Definition

sachar sakh'-ar From H5503; profit (from trade): - merchandise.

Derivation: from H5503 (סָחַר);

KJV Usage: merchandise.

TWOT Reference: 1486a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) traffic, gain, profit, gain from merchandise

1a) traffic, gain from traffic

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סַחַר (sa.char) — profit. 1) traffic, gain, profit, gain from merchandise 1a) traffic, gain from traffic Also means: sa.char (סָ֫חַר "merchandise" H5505)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סַחַר (H5504 · H5505) — סָחַר

noun m · סחר

Possess

gain, revenue = income resulting from one's trade

PRO 3:14 · PRO 3:14 · PRO 31:18 · ISA 23:3 · ISA 23:18 · ISA 23:18 · ISA 45:14

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[סָ֫חַר] n.m. traffic, gain base

Bible Occurrences (5)

3:14 31:18

23:3 23:18 45:14

Proverbs 3:14

for she is more profitable... than silver, and her gain [is better] than fine gold.

Proverbs 31:18

She sees that her gain [is] good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

Isaiah 23:3

On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

Isaiah 23:18

Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored... or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

Isaiah 45:14

This is what the LORD says: The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.