International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Chapman

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Chapman


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chap´man (plural אנשי התּרים, 'anshē ha-tārı̄m): Word used only once in the King James Version (, the American Standard Revised Version “the traders”; compare also the Revised Version (British and American), where the Hebrew uses the same expression). The English word means “merchant”; compare the verb “to chaffer,” and the German Kaufmann. The Hebrew means “those who go about” as merchants.