What does כֶּסֶף · עָבַר · סָחַר mean in the Bible?
כֶּסֶף · עָבַר · סָחַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "silver current with the merchant".
Hebrew · H3701, H5674, H5503
כֶּסֶף עֹבֵר לַסֹּחֵר
Silver (from its pale color); by implication, money · to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) · to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
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כֶּסֶף H3701 silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
עָבַר H5674 to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Pronunciation avar
Core sense of crossing/passing extends metaphorically to transgression, death, and divine judgment crossing boundaries.
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סָחַר H5503 to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Pronunciation sāḥar
Movement with purpose—circling territory as merchant or heart palpitating in urgent repetition.
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What does כֶּסֶף עֹבֵר לַסֹּחֵר (kesef over la-socher) mean in the Bible?
כֶּסֶף · עָבַר · סָחַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "silver current with the merchant".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3701, H5674, H5503?
H3701, H5674, H5503 is connected to 986 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. silver current with the merchant
Strong's H3701, H5674, H5503
Lexical occurrences 986 verses Source Gloss
silver current with the merchant
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כֶּסֶף עֹבֵר לַסֹּחֵר is built from this root:
כָּסַף H3700
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