It originally meant a passenger on a ship but gradually became applied to the wholesale dealer as distinguished from a retailer.

Merchant ship in the bible. Bible Commentary for Proverbs 3114. Link panels synchronize references Go to table of contents Single column Stretch across both. Never spiteful she treats him generously all her life long.

She descries also distant. Merchant Ships Head for a Harbour to Unload Their Cargo True mothers seek to bring those around them into the harbour of safety and security in Christ. 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.

She brings home food from out-of-the-way places as merchant ships do. - Youngs Literal Bible She is like the merchant-ships. She is lxx εγενετο like merchant ships כאניות indeterminate and thus to be read koonıjoth ie she has the art of such ships as sail away and bring wares from a distance are equipped sent out and managed by an enterprising spirit.

She is like the merchant ships bringing her food from far away. Ezekiel 2713 View whole chapter See verse in context. Sche is maad as.

This is how John uses it in Revelation 183 11 15 23. They traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. Merchant vessels depended for the most part on sails but many of the navigators resorted to oars when it became necessary.

A good woman is hard to find and worth far more than diamonds. Some had 20-30 oarsmen with long oars on each side of the ship big sails rudders anchors and ropes. But they could not Jonah 113.