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Strong's G4453 πωλέω (poleo)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4453 — meltsar (“Melzar”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4453
Language Greek
Linked Usages 35
Books 17

Strong's G4453 Quick Answer

Strong's G4453 πωλέω (poleo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. poleo (po-leh'-o) v. 1. to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell [probably ultimately from pelomai "to be busy, to trade"] It has 35 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include sold, sell, and selleth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
poleo (po-leh'-o) v. 1. to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell [probably ultimately from pelomai "to be busy, to trade"]
Usage
35 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sold, sell, and selleth

Meaning and Definition

poleo (po-leh'-o) v. 1. to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell [probably ultimately from pelomai "to be busy, to trade"] KJV: sell, whatever is sold

Original Word
πωλέω
Transliteration
poleo
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4453. 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: πωλέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for מָכַר ;] __1. to exchange or barter. __2. to sell: Luk.17:28, Rev.13:17; οἱ πωλοῦντες, Mat.21:12 25:9, Mrk.11:15, Luk.19:45; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:44 19:21 21:12, Mrk.10:21 11:15, Luk.12:33 18:22 22:36, Jhn.2:14, 16 Act.5:1 (sc. αὐτά, αὐτόν), Act.4:34, 37. Pass., 1Co.10:25; with genitive pretii, Mat.10:29, Luk.12:6.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4453 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render poleo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

sold Matthew 10:29 12× sell Matthew 19:21 selleth Matthew 13:44

How Strong's G4453 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old 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 New Testament with 20 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 G4453 (πωλέω) appears 16 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4453 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 G4453 in the New Testament

20 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 10:29 KJV

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

Matthew 13:44 KJV

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matthew 19:21 KJV

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Strong's G4453 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

11 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 41:56 Septuagint / Brenton

And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians.

Genesis 42:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.

Exodus 21:8 Septuagint / Brenton

If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

Strong's G4453 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 12:36 Septuagint / Brenton

and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.

1 Maccabees 13:49 Septuagint / Brenton

They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.

2 Maccabees 5:24 Septuagint / Brenton

He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort:

Usage Excerpts

First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4453.

Genesis 41:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians.
Genesis 42:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.
Exodus 21:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.
Nehemiah 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Nehemiah 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the mistress; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as his creditor.
Ezekiel 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.
Ezekiel 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye of hope to his life.
Joel 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.
Nahum 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of the abundance of fornication: she is a fair harlot, and well-favored, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries.
Zechariah 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
Matthew 10:29 New Testament, KJV
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Matthew 13:44 New Testament, KJV
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 19:21 New Testament, KJV
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew 21:12 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
Matthew 25:9 New Testament, KJV
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Mark 10:21 New Testament, KJV
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 11:15 New Testament, KJV
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
Luke 12:6 New Testament, KJV
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luke 12:33 New Testament, KJV
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke 17:28 New Testament, KJV
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Luke 18:22 New Testament, KJV
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Luke 19:45 New Testament, KJV
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
Luke 22:36 New Testament, KJV
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
John 2:14 New Testament, KJV
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
John 2:16 New Testament, KJV
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
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 4:37 New Testament, KJV
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Acts 5:1 New Testament, KJV
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
1 Corinthians 10:25 New Testament, KJV
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
Revelation 13:17 New Testament, KJV
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
1 Maccabees 12:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
1 Maccabees 13:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.
2 Maccabees 5:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort:
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:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4453, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4453 FAQ

What does poleo (πωλέω) mean?

Poleo (Strong's G4453) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sell". poleo (po-leh'-o) v. 1. to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell [probably ultimately from pelomai "to be busy, to trade"]

How many times is poleo (πωλέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's G4453 across 17 books.

Where can I study poleo (πωλέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4453 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate poleo (πωλέω)?

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

Does Strong's G4453 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 11 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4453, with linked reader references where each row is available.