Chapman
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
2 Chronicles 9:14
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
CHAPMAN . A chapman is a trader, the word being still used in some places for a travelling merchant. It occurs in 2 Chronicles 9:14 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and BV, and also in 1 Kings 10:15 RV [Note: Revised Version.] . The Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] has ‘trader’ in both places.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Travelling merchant. 2 Chronicles 9:14 .
People's Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Chapman. 2 Chronicles 9:14. A travelling merchant.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]
Chapman. (that is, cheap man). Merchant.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
chap´man (plural אנשי התּרים , 'anshē ha - tārı̄m ): Word used only once in the King James Version ( 2 Chronicles 9:14 , the American Standard Revised Version "the traders"; compare also 1 Kings 10:15 the Revised Version (British and American), where the Hebrew uses the same expression). The English word means "merchant"; compare the verb "to chaffer," and the German Kaufmann . The Hebrew means "those who go about" as merchants.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
( אנֵוֹשׁ הִתּוּר, enosh ´ hat-tur ´, man of the journeying, traveler, i.e. for purposes of traffic), a trader who transports articles of commerce from the place of production to a mart ( 2 Chronicles 9:14); a merchant-man, as the same phrase is rendered in the parallel passage ( 1 Kings 10:15). (See Merchant).
References
- ↑ Chapman from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Chapman from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Chapman from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Chapman from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
