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Strong's G4097 πιπράσκω (piprasko)

Piprasko means “sell” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4097 — midrash (“story”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4097
Language Greek
Linked Usages 40
Books 22

Strong's G4097 Quick Answer

Strong's G4097 πιπράσκω (piprasko) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. piprasko (pip-ras'-ko) (a reduplicated and prolonged form of prao prah'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)) v. 1. to sell (by travelling or traffic) 2. (figuratively) to dispose of as merchandise or into slavery It has 40 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include sold, thee, lord, shalt, and free.

Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
piprasko (pip-ras'-ko) (a reduplicated and prolonged form of prao prah'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)) v. 1. to sell (by travelling or traffic) 2. (figuratively) to dispose of as merchandise or into slavery
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sold, thee, lord, shalt, and free

Meaning and Definition

piprasko (pip-ras'-ko) (a reduplicated and prolonged form of prao prah'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)) v. 1. to sell (by travelling or traffic) 2. (figuratively) to dispose of as merchandise or into slavery {literally or figuratively} [contracted from perao "to traverse" (from the base of G4008)] KJV: sell Root(s): G4008

Original Word
πιπράσκω
Transliteration
piprasko
Derivation
Root: πέραν R1: 4008
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4097. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to sell

Usage: πιπράσκω [in LXX chiefly for מָכַר ni. ;] to sell: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:46 (on this pf., see Bl., § 59, 5), Act.2:45 4:34 5:4; with genitive (of price), Mat.26:9, Mrk.14:5, Jhn.12:5; with accusative of person(s) (of slavery), Mat.18:25; hence metaphorically, Rom.7:14 (cf. 4Ki.17:17, 1Ma.1:15, al.).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

sold thee lord shalt free hast into land before brother out said

How Strong's G4097 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4097 (πιπράσκω) appears 32 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4097 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4097 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 13:46 KJV

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Matthew 18:25 KJV

But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Matthew 26:9 KJV

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Strong's G4097 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 31:15 Septuagint / Brenton

Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.

Exodus 22:2 Septuagint / Brenton

But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.

Leviticus 25:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me.

Strong's G4097 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 7:25 Septuagint / Brenton

For now we have no helper: but God hath sold us into their hands, that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction.

1 Maccabees 1:15 Septuagint / Brenton

and made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.

2 Maccabees 4:32 Septuagint / Brenton

Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a convenient time, stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave some of them to Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyre and the cities round about.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4097.

Genesis 31:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.
Exodus 22:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.
Leviticus 25:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me.
Leviticus 25:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lands set apart for their cities shall not be sold, because this is their perpetual possession.
Leviticus 25:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thy brother by thee be lowered, and be sold to thee, he shall not serve thee with the servitude of a slave.
Leviticus 25:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because these are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; such a one shall not be sold as a common servant.
Leviticus 25:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a stranger or sojourner with thee wax rich, and thy brother in distress be sold to the stranger or the sojourner that is with thee, or to a proselyte by extraction;
Leviticus 25:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
after he is sold to him there shall be redemption for him, one of his brethren shall redeem him.
Leviticus 27:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if he should redeem an unclean beast, according to its valuation, then he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his; and if he redeem it not, it shall be sold according to its valuation.
Deuteronomy 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thy brother or sister, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold to thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt send him out free from thee.
Deuteronomy 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be if thou do not delight in her, thou shalt send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, thou shalt not treat her contemptuously, because thou hast humbled her.
Deuteronomy 28:68 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, Thou shalt not see it again; and ye shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you.
1 Kingdoms 23:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.
3 Kingdoms 20:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found thee: because thou hast wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger;
3 Kingdoms 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Ahab did wickedly, in that he sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his wife Jezebel led him astray.
4 Kingdoms 17:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.
Esther 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; both we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the slanderer is not worthy of the king’s palace.
Psalms 104:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
Isaiah 48:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have sold thee, but not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah 50:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Of what kind is your mother’s bill of divorcement, by which I put her away? or to which debtor have I sold you? Behold, ye are sold for your sins, and for your iniquities have I put your mother away.
Isaiah 52:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.
Jeremiah 41:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When six years are accomplished, thou shalt set free thy brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to thee: for he shall serve thee six years, and then thou shalt let him go free: but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear.
Ezekiel 48:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
No part of it shall be sold, nor measured as for sale, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord.
Matthew 13:46 New Testament, KJV
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew 18:25 New Testament, KJV
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Matthew 26:9 New Testament, KJV
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Mark 14:5 New Testament, KJV
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
John 12:5 New Testament, KJV
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Acts 2:45 New Testament, KJV
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Acts 4:34 New Testament, KJV
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Acts 5:4 New Testament, KJV
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Romans 7:14 New Testament, KJV
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Judith 7:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For now we have no helper: but God hath sold us into their hands, that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction.
1 Maccabees 1:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.
2 Maccabees 4:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a convenient time, stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave some of them to Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyre and the cities round about.
2 Maccabees 5:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
2 Maccabees 8:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord to deliver them, being sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together:
2 Maccabees 10:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, But delivered him from sin: She went down with him into the pit,
Baruch 4:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4097, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4097 FAQ

What does piprasko (πιπράσκω) mean?

Piprasko (Strong's G4097) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sell". piprasko (pip-ras'-ko) (a reduplicated and prolonged form of prao prah'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses)) v. 1. to sell (by travelling or traffic) 2. (figuratively) to dispose of as merchandise or into slavery

How many times is piprasko (πιπράσκω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G4097 across 22 books.

Where can I study piprasko (πιπράσκω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4097 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate piprasko (πιπράσκω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sold, thee, lord, shalt, free, and hast. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4097 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4097, with linked reader references where each row is available.