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Merchandise
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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From ISBE: Merchandise, mur'-chan-diz
(1) `amar
(2) cachar,
(3) cachar,
(4) cechorach,
(5) rekhullah,
(6) ma`arabh,
(7) markoleth;
(8) emporia
(9) emporion,
(10) gomos)
: There seem to be 4 distinct meanings of the word according to the Revised Version (British and American), namely: (1) The products, i.e. goods or things sold or exchanged, and so merchandise in the present-day usage:
(a) cachar is translated thus in Proverbs 31:18; Isaiah 23:18;
(b) cachar is translated thus in Isaiah 45:14; these two are from a root meaning "to travel around as a peddler";
(c) rekhullah, translated thus in Ezekiel 26:12, from a root meaning "to travel for trading purposes";
(d) ma`arabh, translated thus in Ezekiel 27:9; Ezekiel 27:27; Ezekiel 27:33; Ezekiel 27:34, from a root meaning "to intermix, to barter";
(e) markoleth, translated thus in Ezekiel 27:24 (the above 5 Hebrew words are all used to designate the goods or wares which were bartered);
(f) `amar, occurring in Deuteronomy 21:14; Deuteronomy 24:7, translated in the King James Version "make merchandise of," but in the Revised Version (British and American) "deal with as a slave," or the Revised Version margin "deal with as a chattel";
(g) emporia, translated "merchandise" in Matthew 22:5;
(h) emporion, likewise in John 2:16 (the same Greek word is used in 2 Peter 2:3 for the American Standard Revised Version "make merchandise of you");
(i) gomos, "merchandise," margin "cargo."
(2) The process of trade itself, i.e. the business: rekhullah has in it the root meaning of "itinerant trading", and so in Ezekiel 28:16 the correct translation is not "merchandise," as in the King James Version, but "traffic," "abundance of thy traffic," i.e. doing a thriving business: "trade was good."
(3) The place of trading, i.e. emporium, mart, etc.: cechorah in Ezekiel 27:15 is translated "mart." In John 2:16 reference is made to the "house of merchandise."
(4) The profits of trading: In Proverbs 3:14, cachar is translated "gaining." Referring to wisdom, "For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit thereof than fine gold"; the King James Version "merchandise."
William Edward Raffety
Verses:
- Deuteronomy 21:14
- Deuteronomy 24:7
- Nehemiah 10:31
- Nehemiah 13:16
- Proverbs 3:14
- Proverbs 31:18
- Isaiah 23:18
- Isaiah 45:14
- Ezekiel 26:12
- Ezekiel 27:9
- Ezekiel 27:12
- Ezekiel 27:15
- Ezekiel 27:17
- Ezekiel 27:24
- Ezekiel 27:25
- Ezekiel 27:27
- Ezekiel 27:33
- Ezekiel 27:34
- Ezekiel 28:16
- Matthew 22:5
- Mark 11:16
- John 2:16
- 2 Peter 2:3
- Revelation 18:11
- Revelation 18:12
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