Dictionary entry

Commerce

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

The barter of one commodity for another 1Ki 5:8,11

The exchange of commodities for money 1Ki 10:28,29

CALLED

Trade Ge 34:10; Mt 25:16

Traffic Ge 42:34; Eze 17:4

Buying and selling Jas 4:13

ARTICLES OF, CALLED

Merchandise Eze 26:12; Mt 22:5

Wares Jer 10:17; Eze 27:16; Jon 1:5

PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED

Merchants Ge 37:28; Pr 31:24

Chapmen 2Ch 9:14

Traffickers Isa 23:8

Sellers and buyers Isa 24:2

Carried on in fairs, &c Eze 27:12,19; Mt 11:16

Inland, by caravans Job 6:19; Isa 21:13

Maritime, by ships 2Ch 8:18; 9:21

Persons of distinction engaged in Isa 23:8

Increased the wealth of nations and individuals 2Ch 9:20-22; Pr 31:14-18; Eze 28:4,5

CARRIED ON BY

Ishmaelites Ge 37:25

Egyptians Ge 42:2-34

Ethiopians Isa 45:14

Ninevites Na 3:16

Syrians Eze 27:16,18

People of Tarshish Eze 27:25

People of Tyre Eze 28:5,13,16

Jews Eze 27:17

OF THE JEWS

Under strict laws Le 19:36,37; 25:14,17

Commenced after their settlement in Canaan Ge 49:13; Jud 5:17

Greatly extended by Solomon 1Ki 9:26,27; 2Ch 9:21

Checked in Jehoshaphat's time 1Ki 22:48,49

Success in, led to pride, &c Eze 28:2,16-18

Evil practices connected with Pr 20:14; Eze 22:13; Ho 12:7

Denunciations connected with abuses of Isa 23:11; Eze 7:12,13; 27:32-36; 28:16-18

ARTICLES OF

Blue cloth Eze 27:24

Brass Eze 27:13

Corn 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17

Cattle Eze 27:21

Chests of rich apparel Eze 27:24

Chariots 1Ki 10:29

Clothes for chariots Eze 27:20

Embroidery Eze 27:16,24

Gold 2Ch 8:18

Honey Eze 27:17

Horses 1Ki 10:29; Eze 27:14

Ivory 2Ch 9:21; Eze 27:15

Iron and steel Eze 27:12,19

Land Ge 23:13-16; Ru 4:3

Lead Eze 27:12

Linen 1Ki 10:28

Oil 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17

Perfumes So 3:6

Precious stones Eze 27:16,22; 28:13,16

Purple Eze 27:16

Slaves Ge 37:28,36; De 24:7

Silver 2Ch 9:21

Timber 1Ki 5:6,8

Tin Eze 27:12

White wool Eze 27:18

Wine 2Ch 2:15; Eze 27:18

Illustrative of intercourse with the apostasy Re 18:3-19