Mart
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
MART. See Market.
King James Dictionary [2]
M`ART, n. from market. A place of sale or traffick. It was formerly applied chiefly to markets and fairs in cities and towns, but it has now a more extensive application. We say, the United States are a principal mart for English goods England and France are the marts of American cotton.
1. Bargain purchase and sale. Not used.
M`ART, To buy and sell to traffick. Not used.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1):
(v. t.) To traffic.
(2):
(n.) The god Mars.
(3):
(n.) Battle; contest.
(4):
(n.) A market.
(5):
(n.) A bargain.
(6):
(v. t.) To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
mart . See Market .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(סָחָר, sachar', Isaiah 23:3; also spoken of what is gained from traffic, profit, wealth, "merchandise," Proverbs 3:14; Isaiah 45:14), a trading-place or emporium. The root signifies to travel about as traders, buying and selling; thus pointing out at once the general character of the commerce of the East from the earliest age to the present. (See Commerce); (See Market); (See Merchant).
