What does πωλέω · ὑπάρχοντα mean in the Bible?
πωλέω · ὑπάρχοντα is a Greek phrase meaning "sell your possessions".
Greek · G4453, G5224
πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν
To sell · things extant or in hand, i.e. property or possessions
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πωλέω G4453 to sell
Pronunciation pōléō
To sell by exchanging goods for money; used literally and metaphorically for surrendering possessions.
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ὑπάρχοντα G5224 things extant or in hand, i.e. property or possessions
Pronunciation hypárchonta
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What does πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν (pōlēsate ta hyparchonta hymōn) mean in the Bible?
πωλέω · ὑπάρχοντα is a Greek phrase meaning "sell your possessions".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4453, G5224?
G4453, G5224 is connected to 22 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. sell your possessions
Source Gloss
sell your possessions
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 22 Tenses Present, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 11×
Present Active Matt 21:12 · Matt 25:9 · Mark 11:15 · Luke 19:45 · John 2:14 · John 2:16 · Acts 4:34 9×
Aorist Active Acts 4:37 1×
Present Passive 1 Cor 10:25 1×
Imperative command or strong request 5×
Aorist Active Matt 19:21 · Mark 10:21 · Luke 18:22 · Luke 12:33 · Luke 22:36 5×
Indicative states a fact or reality 5×
Present Passive Matt 10:29 · Luke 12:6 2×
Present Active Matt 13:44 1×
Imperfect Active Luke 17:28 1×
Aorist Active Acts 5:1 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Rev 13:17 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 21 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 12 aorist 8 imperfect 1
Voice
active 18 passive 3
Mood
participle 10 indicative 5 imperative 5 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 10:29 πωλεῖται present passive indicative ongoing Matthew 13:44 πωλεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 19:21 πώλησόν aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 21:12 πωλούντων present active participle participle Matthew 25:9 πωλοῦντας present active participle participle Mark 10:21 πώλησον aorist active imperative imperative Mark 11:15 πωλοῦντας present active participle participle Mark 11:15 πωλούντων present active participle participle Luke 12:33 πωλήσατε aorist active imperative imperative Luke 12:6 πωλοῦνται present passive indicative ongoing Luke 17:28 ἐπώλουν imperfect active indicative background Luke 18:22 πώλησον aorist active imperative imperative Luke 19:45 πωλοῦντας present active participle participle Luke 22:36 πωλησάτω aorist active imperative imperative John 2:14 πωλοῦντας present active participle participle John 2:16 πωλοῦσιν present active participle participle Acts 4:34 πωλοῦντες present active participle participle Acts 4:37 πωλήσας aorist active participle participle Acts 5:1 ἐπώλησεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Corinthians 10:25 πωλούμενον present passive participle participle Revelation 13:17 πωλῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain