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chap´man (plural אנשי התּרים , 'anshē ha -tārı̄m ): Word used only once in the King James Version (2 Chronicles 9:14 , the American Standard Revised Version "the traders"; compare also 1 Kings 10:15 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.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Chapman'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/chapman.html. 1915.
 
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