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Merchant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A man who trafficks or carries on trade with foreign countries, or who exports and imports goods and sells them by wholesale.

2. In popular usage, any trader, or one who deals in the purchase and sale of goods.

3. A ship in trade. [Not used.]

Merchant [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To trade. [Not in use.]

Merchant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.

Merchant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

2. A trading vessel; a merchantman.

3. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

Merchant [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To be a merchant; to trade.

Merchantable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market or such as will bring the ordinary price; as merchantable wheat or timber.

Merchantable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

Merchantlike [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Like a merchant.

Merchantly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant.

Merchantman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A ship or vessel employed in the transportation of goods, as distinguished from a ship of war.

Merchantman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A merchant.

2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

Merchantmen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Merchantman

Merchantry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country.

2. The business of a merchant; merchandise.

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46 KJV and 33 BSB verses contain “Merchant” — showing the first 20. Show all 49 verses (searchable)

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

Genesis 37:28

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

1 Kings 10:15

Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

1 Kings 10:28

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

2 Chronicles 1:16

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

2 Chronicles 9:14

Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Nehemiah 3:31

After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.

Nehemiah 3:32

And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

Nehemiah 13:20

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,

Job 41:6

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

Proverbs 31:14

She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

Proverbs 31:24

She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

Isaiah 23:2

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

Isaiah 23:3

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

Isaiah 23:8

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

Isaiah 23:11

He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

Isaiah 47:15

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

This is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

Ezekiel 16:29

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

Ezekiel 17:4

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.