Merchandise
Merchandise
murchan-dz ((1) , amar (2) , sahar, (3) , sahar, (4) , sehorah, (5) , rekhullah, (6) , maarabh, (7) , markoleth; (8) , empora (9) , emporion, (10) , gomos): There seem to be 4 distinct meanings of the word according to the Revised Version (British and American), namely: (1) The products, i.e. goods or things sold or exchanged, and so merchandise in the present-day usage: (a) sahar is translated thus in Pro 31:18; Isa 23:18; (b) sahar is translated thus in Isa 45:14; these two are from a root meaning to travel around as a peddler; (c) rekhullah, translated thus in Eze 26:12, from a root meaning to travel for trading purposes; (d) maarabh, translated thus in Eze 27:9, Eze 27:27, Eze 27:33, Eze 27:34, from a root meaning to intermix, to barter; (e) markoleth; translated thus in Eze 27:24 (the above 5 Hebrew words are all used to designate the goods or wares which were bartered); (f) amar, occurring in Deu 21:14; Deu 24:7, translated in the King James Version make merchandise of, but in the Revised Version (British and American) deal with as a slave, or the Revised Version margin deal with as a chattel; (g) emporia, translated merchandise in Mat 22:5; (h) emporion, likewise in Joh 2:16 (the same Greek word is used in 2Pe 2:3 for the American Standard Revised Version make merchandise of you); (i) gomos, merchandise, margin cargo.
(2) The process of trade itself, i.e. the business: rekhullah has in it the root meaning of itinerant trading, and so in Eze 28:16 the correct translation is not merchandise, as in the King James Version, but traffic, abundance of thy traffic, i.e. doing a thriving business: trade was good.
(3) The place of trading, i.e. emporium, mart, etc.: sehorah in Eze 27:15 is translated mart. In Joh 2:16 reference is made to the house of merchandise.
(4) The profits of trading: In Pro 3:14, sahar is translated gaining. Referring to wisdom, For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit thereof than fine gold; the King James Version merchandise.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Merchandise
See Commerce
Commerce
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Merchandise
2Pe 2:3 (a) This is a very real and true figure or picture of that which happens in many religions. The devotees of many religious sects are absolutely bound to the rule and laws of their religion. Their leaders can do anything they wish to them, even to the suffering of the body. Men are only free in those groups where the Lord JESUS CHRIST is loved and trusted, and His Word is believed, accepted and practiced. There are religious slaves by the millions (See Rev 18:13 Marg).
Mat 22:5 (c) This is a type of any kind of business which allures and entices one away from the Lord JESUS and His fellowship.
Joh 2:16 (c) We see here a picture of any worldly enterprise brought into the house of GOD wherein His house loses its holy character and becomes a place for commercial enterprise.
Rev 18:12-13 (b) This is a word to describe the great traffic carried on by the church, principally the Roman Catholic Church, which buys and sells vast quantities of various articles for the promotion and maintenance of its many activities. Included in this merchandise are the bodies and the souls of men which the Roman Catholics buy and sell for a profit.