Strong G1710ἐμπορεύομαι
to traffic in
- Transliteration
- emporeuomai
- Pronunciation
- em-por-yoo'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐμ-πορεύομαι depon.
(ἔμπορος), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר;]
1. to travel, esp. for business.
2. to traffc, trade: Jas.4:13.
3. C. accusative of thing(s)
__(a) to traffic in;
__(b) to import: (Hos.12:1, for יָבַל hoph.).
4. C. accusative of person(s), to make a gain of: 2Pe.2:3.†
(AS)
(ἔμπορος), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר;]
1. to travel, esp. for business.
2. to traffc, trade: Jas.4:13.
3. C. accusative of thing(s)
__(a) to traffic in;
__(b) to import: (Hos.12:1, for יָבַל hoph.).
4. C. accusative of person(s), to make a gain of: 2Pe.2:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1710 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make1
- sell1
- shall1
First verses
- James 4:13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
- 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπορ-εύομαι,
future -πορεύσομαι: aorist 1 ἐνεπορεύθην:—middle, aorist 1 -ευσάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 313d)]:—travel, ξένην ἔπι.. γαῖαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 456; ὡς τύραννον [prev. author] “fragment” 873)]; ποῖ δ᾽ ἐμπορεύ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 405; τηνῶθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 754.)]
2 absolutely, walk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 53, 5th c.BC: Metagenes Comicus 10.)]
II travel for traffic or business, Χρηματισμοῦ Χάριν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 952e)]; εἰς Πόντον Chion [Refs (“Ep.” 7, 8, compare “SIG” 1166 (from Dodona): _metaphorically_, ἐ. εἰς ἰατρικήν)] inveigh against the art of healing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 1.)]
II.2 to be a merchant, traffic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.3, etc.; λόγοισιν “Comica Adespota” 269)]: with accusative, trade in, γῆν [LXX (LXX.Gen.34.21.)]
II.3 with accusative of things, import, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 313e)]; πολλὰς διὰ θαλάσσης ὠφελείας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.86; πορφύραν ἀπὸ Φοινίκης 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.2; γλαῦκας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.Prooem.”)]
II.3.b metaphorically, δίαιταν ἥντιν᾽ ἐμπορεύεται what manner of lite he leads, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 812.6)]; ἐ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν to make a trade of it, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.486, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 23.298d, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.6.8; πλήθη καλῶν γυναικῶν 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.569f)]; in bad sense, trade on, τὴν λήθην τῶν δικαστῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.536.)]
II.4 with accusative person, make gain of, overreach, cheat, πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς [NT (NT.2Pet.2.3)]:—also in active, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.12.10.)]
future -πορεύσομαι: aorist 1 ἐνεπορεύθην:—middle, aorist 1 -ευσάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 313d)]:—travel, ξένην ἔπι.. γαῖαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 456; ὡς τύραννον [prev. author] “fragment” 873)]; ποῖ δ᾽ ἐμπορεύ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 405; τηνῶθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 754.)]
2 absolutely, walk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 53, 5th c.BC: Metagenes Comicus 10.)]
II travel for traffic or business, Χρηματισμοῦ Χάριν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 952e)]; εἰς Πόντον Chion [Refs (“Ep.” 7, 8, compare “SIG” 1166 (from Dodona): _metaphorically_, ἐ. εἰς ἰατρικήν)] inveigh against the art of healing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 1.)]
II.2 to be a merchant, traffic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.3, etc.; λόγοισιν “Comica Adespota” 269)]: with accusative, trade in, γῆν [LXX (LXX.Gen.34.21.)]
II.3 with accusative of things, import, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 313e)]; πολλὰς διὰ θαλάσσης ὠφελείας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.86; πορφύραν ἀπὸ Φοινίκης 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.2; γλαῦκας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.Prooem.”)]
II.3.b metaphorically, δίαιταν ἥντιν᾽ ἐμπορεύεται what manner of lite he leads, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 812.6)]; ἐ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν to make a trade of it, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.486, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 23.298d, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.6.8; πλήθη καλῶν γυναικῶν 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.569f)]; in bad sense, trade on, τὴν λήθην τῶν δικαστῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.536.)]
II.4 with accusative person, make gain of, overreach, cheat, πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς [NT (NT.2Pet.2.3)]:—also in active, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.12.10.)]