Difference between revisions of "Wares"

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9408" /> ==

<p> ''''' wârz ''''' ( מקּחה , <i> ''''' maḳḳāḥāh ''''' </i> , מכר , <i> ''''' mekher ''''' </i> , ממכּר , <i> ''''' mimkār ''''' </i> , כּנעה , <i> ''''' kin‛āh ''''' </i> , מעשׂה , <i> ''''' ma‛ăseh ''''' </i> , עזּבון , <i> ''''' ‛izzābhōn ''''' </i> , כּלי , <i> ''''' kelı̄ ''''' </i> ): (1) <i> ''''' maḳḳāḥāh ''''' </i> , something received or purchased (&nbsp; Nehemiah 10:31 ); (2) <i> ''''' mekher ''''' </i> , "price" or "pay," value, merchandise (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:16 ); (3) <i> ''''' mimkār ''''' </i> , a "selling," the thing sold (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:20 ); (4) <i> ''''' kin‛āh ''''' </i> , a "package," hence, wares (&nbsp;Jeremiah 10:17 ); (5) <i> ''''' ma‛ăseh ''''' </i> , "transaction," activity, property, possession, work, occupation, thing made, deed, business (&nbsp;Ezekiel 27:16 , &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:18 ); (6) <i> ''''' ‛izzābhōn ''''' </i> , "selling," trade, revenue, mart, letting go for a price (&nbsp;Ezekiel 27:33 ); (7) <i> ''''' kelı̄ ''''' </i> , a "prepared" something, as an implement, tool, weapon, utensil, armor, furniture, sack, vessel, hence, wares (&nbsp;Jonah 1:5 ). In most cases the real sense is merchandise (see [[Merchandise]] ). "That which did not a little amuse the Merchandizers (in Vanity-Fair) was, that these Pilgrims set very light by all their <i> [[Wares]] </i> ; they cared not so much as to look upon them" (Bunyan, <i> The Pilgrim's [[Progress]] </i> ). </p>