Chapman
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
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.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.
(2): (n.) A peddler; a hawker.
People's Dictionary of the Bible [3]
Chapman. 2 Chronicles 9:14. A travelling merchant.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Chapman. ( that is, Cheap Man). Merchant.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
Travelling merchant. 2 Chronicles 9:14 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [6]
2 Chronicles 9:14
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
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 [8]
( 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 Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Chapman from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Chapman from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Chapman from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Chapman from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
