Cachar means “go about” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5503 — chera (“widow”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5503 סָחַר (cachar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cachar (saw-khar') v. 1. to travel round (specifically as a pedlar) 2. intensively, to palpitate It has 20 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include merchants, merchant, let, you, and merchants'. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
cachar (saw-khar') v. 1. to travel round (specifically as a pedlar) 2. intensively, to palpitate [a primitive root] KJV: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
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to trade
Usage: 1) to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go about to and fro (in business) 1a2) trader, trafficker (participle) 1b) (Pilpel) to palpitate
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cachar, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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.
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20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5503.
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
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Cachar (Strong's H5503) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "go about". cachar (saw-khar') v. 1. to travel round (specifically as a pedlar) 2. intensively, to palpitate
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H5503 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5503 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as merchants, merchant, let, you, merchants', and go. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.