sachar · trade, trader

What it means

sachar (סָחַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “trade, trader”.

Go about trading; merchant, trader.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To travel about selling; the seller.
2. To go about.
3. For the heart to pound.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• merchants ×10
• trade ×3
• was your merchant ×3
• merchant ×2
• roam about ×1
• throbs ×1
• traders ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×7

• Genesis 23:16

  Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current among the merchants.

• Genesis 34:10

  You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”

• Genesis 34:21

  “These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land, look, is spacious enough for them. Their daughters we will take for ourselves as wives, and our daughters we will give to them.

• Genesis 37:28

  Then Midianite men, traders, passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the cistern and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

• Genesis 42:34

  Bring your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies, but you are honest men. I will give back your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’”

• 1 Kings 10:28

  And the source of the horses that belonged to Solomon was from Egypt and from Kue; the merchants of the king would take them from Kue at a price.

• 2 Chronicles 1:16

  The source of the horses that Solomon had was from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants would take them from Kue at a price.

• 2 Chronicles 9:14

  besides what the men who traveled about and the merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.

• Psalms 38:10

  My heart throbs; my strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes, even they are not with me.

• Proverbs 31:14

  She is like the ships of the merchant; from far away she brings her bread.

• Isaiah 23:2

  Be silent, inhabitants of the coastland, the merchant of Sidon, crossing the sea, filled you.

• Isaiah 23:8

  Who has planned this against Tyre, the one who crowned, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

• Isaiah 47:15

  So they are to you, those with whom you wore yourself out, your merchants from your youth; each to his own side they wander; there is no one to save you.”

• Jeremiah 14:18

  If I go out into the field, look, those slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, look, those sick with famine! For both prophet and priest roam about through the land, and they do not know.’”

• Ezekiel 27:12

  Tarshish was your merchant because of the abundance of all wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 27:16

  Aram was your merchant because of the abundance of your works; with turquoise, purple, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and ruby they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 27:18

  Damascus was your merchant in the abundance of your works, because of the abundance of all wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.

• Ezekiel 27:21

  Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs and rams and male goats, in these they were your merchants.

• Ezekiel 27:36

  The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; dreads you have become, and you will be no more forever.’”

• Ezekiel 38:13

  Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young lions will say to you, “Is it to take spoil that you come? Is it to seize plunder that you have assembled your assembly, to carry away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to take great spoil?”’

And 1 more times.