7 occurrences

'Merchant' in the Bible

She is like the ships of a merchant; from far off she brings her food;

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSeafaringShips For TradingGood Things From Far Away

What [is] this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?

Verse ConceptsCommerceA Time For LoveSmoke Used Poetically

Be still, inhabitants of [the] coast, merchant of Sidon, who travels over [the] sea, they filled you.

Verse ConceptsStillnessCommerceSea TravelCurbing SpeechCrossing To The Other Side

And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at [the] entrance of the sea [as] the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Tyre, {you yourself said} "I [am] perfect {in beauty}!"

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsEntering CitiesSea DwellersPeople Made Perfect

But Jonah set out to flee toward Tarshish from {the presence of} Yahweh. And he went down [to] Joppa and found a merchant ship going [to] Tarshish, and paid her fare, and went on board her to go with them toward Tarshish from {the presence of} Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsEscapingBoatsdelay, humanSeafaringHarborsShipsThe NavyCommerceSea TravelFleeing From GodDirectionsailingjonah

And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship {was in danger of breaking up}.

Verse ConceptsStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindGod Dispensing WindBroken ThingsHurricanessailingjonahGod Controls Storms

And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the {contents} that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And [meanwhile] Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep.

Verse ConceptsMarinersDepression, CausesFear, Caused ByMerchandiseBuoyancyFear Of Other ThingsPraying AmissServing One's Own GodsNervousnesssailingjonah

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