Commerce

Commerce a word that does not occur in the Auth. Vers., which uses the term "trade" or "traffic;" but the idea is designated by two Heb. words:

1. רכֻלָּה, rekullah' (Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 1289); Sept. in Eze 26:12, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, Vulg. negotiationes; in 27:5, 16, 18, ἐμπορία, negotiatio; from רָכִל, rakal', to travel (on foot);

2. סחֹרָה, sechorah' (Gesen. ib. p. 946), Sept. ἐμπορία, Vulg. negotiatio, Eze 27:15; from סָחִר, sachar', to travel (migrate). See TRADE.