Strong G59ἀγοράζω

to buy

Transliteration
agorazō
Pronunciation
ag-or-ad'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G58; properly to go to market that is (by implication) to purchase; specifically to redeem: - buy redeem.

Detailed definition

ἀγοράζω
(ἀγορά), [in LXX chiefly for שׁבר, קנה;]

1. to frequent the ἀγορά (Hdt., al.).

2. to buy in the market, purchase (Xen., al.; LXX; in π. very common in deeds of sale, see MM, VGT, see word): absol., Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:44, 46, al.; before παρά, with genitive of person(s), Rev.3:18 (LXX, Polyb.); ἐκ, Mat.27:7; with genitive pret., Mrk.6:37, al.; metaphorically, 1Co.6:20 7:23, 2Pe.2:1, Rev.5:9 14:3, 4.
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In the Bible

Strong G59 appears in 31 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • buy26
  • redeem3
  • buyeth2
  • may1

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:44
    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  2. Matthew 13:46
    Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
  3. Matthew 14:15
    And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
  4. Matthew 21:12
    And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
  5. Matthew 25:9
    But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
  6. Matthew 25:10
    And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
  7. Matthew 27:7
    And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
  8. Mark 6:36
    Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
  9. Mark 6:37
    He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
  10. Mark 11:15
    And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
  11. Mark 15:46
    And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
  12. Mark 16:1
    And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
  13. Luke 9:13
    But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
  14. Luke 14:18
    And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
  15. Luke 14:19
    And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
  16. Luke 17:28
    Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
  17. Luke 19:45
    And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
  18. Luke 22:36
    Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
  19. John 4:8
    (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
  20. John 6:5
    When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγοράζω [ᾰγ],
future άσω [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 633, ἀγορῶ LXX.Neh.10.31)]: aorist ἠγόρασα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.18, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.149, etc.)]: perfect ἠγόρακα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1352b7, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.17.4)]:—middle, aorist ἠγορασάμην[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.55:)]perfect ἠγόρασμαι (see. below):—passive, aorist ἠγοράσθην[Refs ([prev. author] 59.46)]: perfect ἠγόρασμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 828)]:—frequent the ἀγορά, αἱ γυναῖκες ἀ. καὶ καπηλεύουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, 4.164, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 196a5, “Comica Adespota” 710)]; occupy the market-place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.51.)]
2 buy in the market, πωλεῖν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 625; ἐπιτήδεια ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.10)]; generally, buy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 984, etc.)]; farm taxes or state-contracts, ὠνὴν ἀ.[Refs (“PRev.Laws” 41.22, +others; τὸν Σαίτην ἀγοράσας [prev. work] 60.23)]:—middle, buy for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.14)]:—passive, διάτινος ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.25)]: perfect passive in middle sense, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἠγοράσθαι αὐτοῖς τὸν οἶνον[Refs ([prev. author] 35.19.)]
3 haunt the ἀγορά, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 34, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 103)]; οὐδ᾽ ἀγοράσει γ᾽ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ nor shall any boy lounge in the ἀγορά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1373. [-ᾱζω (i. e. -ᾴζω) in sense 1, Hdn.Gr. 2.14.])]