Bible Dictionary
SALE
A sale is a transaction in which property or goods are transferred for a price. Biblical usage may refer to the transaction itself, its duration, or the payment involved.
Definition
A sale is a transaction in which property or goods are transferred for a price. In biblical legal usage, the word may designate the transaction itself, the period or limit involved in the transaction, or the price paid for it.
Biblical Usage
The biblical uses include a sale as a transaction, as in the law concerning redemption; the time limit connected with a sale; and the payment or price involved in the transaction. These senses occur in the legal and social regulations of the Old Testament.
Historical Background
The supplied material gives no broader historical or cultural background beyond these uses in Israelite legal regulation.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>sal (mimkar): The word is used: (1) in the sense of the transaction (Le 25:50); (2) in the sense of the limit of time involved in the transaction (Le 25:27); (3) in the sense of the price paid in the transaction (De 18:8), though it may be the same as (1) above.</p>