Strong’s G4453 · Greek

πωλέω
pōléō

Definition

to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell

Etymology

probably ultimately from (to be busy, to trade);

Where the KJV renders it

  • sell
  • whatever is sold

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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