Word Summary
pōleō: to exchange or barter, to sell
Original Word: πωλέωTransliteration: pōleō
Phonetic Spelling: (po-leh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to exchange or barter, to sell
Meaning: to exchange or barter, to sell
Strong's Concordance
sell, whatever is sold.
Probably ultimately from pelomai (to be busy, to trade); to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. To sell -- sell, whatever is sold.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4453: πωλέωπωλέω,
πώλω; imperfect
ἐπώλουν; 1 aorist
ἐπώλησα; present passive
πωλοῦμαι; (
πελῶ πέλομαι, to turn, turn about, (
Curtius, § 633, p. 470), from which (through the noun
πωλη; Lob. in Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 57 bottom)
πωλοῦμαι, Latin
versor, followed by
εἰς with the accusative of place, to frequent a place; cf. the Latin
venio and
veneo); from
Herodotus down; the
Sept. for
מָכַר; properly,
to barter, i. e. to sell: absolutely (opposed to
ἀγοράζειν),
Luke 17:28;
Revelation 13:17;
οἱ πωλοῦντες (opposed to
οἱ ἀγοράζοντες, buyers),
sellers, Matthew 21:12;
Matthew 25:9;
Mark 11:15;
Luke 19:45; with the accusative of a thing,
Matthew 13:44;
Matthew 19:21;
Matthew 21:12;
Mark 10:21;
Mark 11:15; Luke (
); ; John 2:14, 16; Acts 5:1; supply αὐτόν, Acts 4:37; αὐτά, Acts 4:34; passive, 1 Corinthians 10:25; with a genitive of price added, Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6.