Strong's Lexicon pipraskó: to sell, to be sold Original Word: πιπράσκω Word Origin: A reduplicated and prolonged form of prao (to sell) Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is מָכַר (makar), Strong's Hebrew 4376, which also means "to sell." Usage: The Greek verb "pipraskó" primarily means "to sell" or "to be sold." It is used in the New Testament to describe the act of selling goods or property, as well as metaphorically to describe being under the power or influence of sin, as in being "sold under sin." Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, the concept of selling was integral to daily life, encompassing the trade of goods, property, and even people. Slavery was a common institution, and individuals could be sold into slavery due to debt or as a result of war. The metaphorical use of "pipraskó" in the New Testament reflects the pervasive nature of sin and the human condition of being enslaved to sin without the redemptive power of Christ. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pernémi (to export for sale) Definition to sell NASB Translation sales (1), selling (1), sold (7). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4097: πιπράσκωπιπράσκω: 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 מָכַר; to sell: Matthew 13:46 (on the use of the perfect, cf. Sophocles' Glossary, etc., Introduction, § 82, 4) Acts 2:45; Acts 4:34; Acts 5:4; with the genitive of price, Matthew 26:9; Mark 14:5; John 12:5 (Deuteronomy 21:14); τινα, one into slavery, Matthew 18:25; hence, metaphorically, πεπραμένος ὑπό τήν ἁμαρτίαν (A. V. sold under sin) i. e. entirely under the control of the love of sinning, Romans 7:14 (ἐπράθησαν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τό πονηρόν, 2 Kings 17:17; 1 Macc. 1:15, cf. 1 Kings 20:25 ( Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sell. A reduplicated and prolonged form of prao (prah'-o); (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses) contracted from perao (to traverse; from the base of peran); to traffic (by travelling), i.e. Dispose of as merchandise or into slavery (literally or figuratively) -- sell. see GREEK peran Forms and Transliterations επιπρασκον επίπρασκον ἐπίπρασκον επραθη επράθη ἐπράθη επράθημεν επράθησαν επράθητε πέπρακα πέπρακά πέπρακε πεπρακεν πέπρακεν πεπραμενος πεπραμένος πέπρασαι πιπρασκομενων πιπρασκομένων πραθεν πραθέν πραθὲν πραθή πραθηναι πραθήναι πραθῆναι πραθήσεσθε πραθήσεται πραθήσεταί πραθήσονται πραθήτω epipraskon epípraskon eprathe eprathē epráthe epráthē pepraken pépraken pepramenos pepraménos pipraskomenon pipraskomenōn pipraskoménon pipraskoménōn prathen prathèn prathenai prathênai prathēnai prathē̂naiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 13:46 V-RIA-3SGRK: μαργαρίτην ἀπελθὼν πέπρακεν πάντα ὅσα NAS: he went and sold all KJV: of great price, went and sold all that INT: pearl having gone away he has sold all things as many as Matthew 18:25 V-ANP Matthew 26:9 V-ANP Mark 14:5 V-ANP John 12:5 V-AIP-3S Acts 2:45 V-IIA-3P Acts 4:34 V-PPM/P-GMP Acts 5:4 V-APP-NNS Romans 7:14 V-RPM/P-NMS Strong's Greek 4097 |