UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to sell

Semantic entry: 57.186

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Sell, Buy, Price

Definition: to dispose of property or provide services in exchange for money or other valuable considerations

Notes: πιπράσκω and ἀποδίδομαι (ἀποδίδωμι[e]) may also be used to refer to selling a person into slavery. Note, for example, πιπράσκω in RV MAT 18:25 · LV MAT 18:25 · Read together MAT 18:25 (ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος πραθῆναι ‘his master ordered him to be sold as a slave’) and ἀποδίδομαι in RV ACT 7:9 · LV ACT 7:9 · Read together ACT 7:9 (οἱ πατριάρχαι ζηλώσαντες τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἀπέδοντο εἰς Αἴγυπτον ‘the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt’).|In a number of languages, however, it may be important to use a distinctive term for selling a person into slavery. In fact, it may be necessary to describe the event rather explicitly, for example, ‘to receive money for handing a person over to someone else to be a slave.’|In RV ROM 7:14 · LV ROM 7:14 · Read together ROM 7:14 πιπράσκω is used figuratively in the phrase πεπραμένος ὑπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ‘sold as a slave to sin,’ in the sense that sin is personified as the master.