Strong G1711ἐμπορία
trade/business
- Transliteration
- emporia
- Pronunciation
- em-por-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine from G1713; traffic: - merchandise.
Detailed definition
ἐμπορία, -ας, ἡ
(ἔμπορος), [in LXX for סָחַר, רָכַל etc.;]
commerce, business, trade: Mat.22:5.†
(AS)
(ἔμπορος), [in LXX for סָחַר, רָכַל etc.;]
commerce, business, trade: Mat.22:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1711 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- merchandise1
First verses
- Matthew 22:5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπορ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (ἔμπορος) commerce (accusative to [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1258b22, of three kinds, ναυκληρία, φορτηγία, παράστασις (qq. vv.)))], mostly used of commerce or trade by sea [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (ἔμπορος 111), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 646, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1166, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 127, etc.; ἐμπορίαν ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.1; ἐμπορίας οὐκ οὔσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2; ἐὰν κατὰ θάλατταν ἡ ἐ. γένηται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371a)]; κατ᾽ ἐμπορίην, Attic dialect -ίαν, for trade-purposes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.4, etc.)]; ἐμπορίας ἕνεκα or -κεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7, 6.2; πρὸς ἐμπορίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 718: _plural_, τὰς ἐ. τὰς κερδαλέως [prev. work] 594 (_anapaest meter_))]; περὶ τὰς ἐ. διατρίβειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a5, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.8.)]
2 a trade or business, [NT+6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.63.8 (6th c.AD: Damocharis Epigrammaticus), NT.Matt.22.5.)]
3 errand, business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 5.11 (_anapaest meter_), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Scyth.” 4)]; journeying, πενία ἀζημίωτος ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 10.)]
II merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.2, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.500 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); αὑτοῦ τὴν ἐ. ἔφασκεν εἶναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.25)]; ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμπορίᾳ ἢν ἦγεν ἐν τῇ.. νηΐ Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.23.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (ἔμπορος) commerce (accusative to [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1258b22, of three kinds, ναυκληρία, φορτηγία, παράστασις (qq. vv.)))], mostly used of commerce or trade by sea [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (ἔμπορος 111), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 646, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1166, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 127, etc.; ἐμπορίαν ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.1; ἐμπορίας οὐκ οὔσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2; ἐὰν κατὰ θάλατταν ἡ ἐ. γένηται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371a)]; κατ᾽ ἐμπορίην, Attic dialect -ίαν, for trade-purposes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.4, etc.)]; ἐμπορίας ἕνεκα or -κεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7, 6.2; πρὸς ἐμπορίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 718: _plural_, τὰς ἐ. τὰς κερδαλέως [prev. work] 594 (_anapaest meter_))]; περὶ τὰς ἐ. διατρίβειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a5, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.8.)]
2 a trade or business, [NT+6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.63.8 (6th c.AD: Damocharis Epigrammaticus), NT.Matt.22.5.)]
3 errand, business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 5.11 (_anapaest meter_), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Scyth.” 4)]; journeying, πενία ἀζημίωτος ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 10.)]
II merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.2, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.500 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); αὑτοῦ τὴν ἐ. ἔφασκεν εἶναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.25)]; ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμπορίᾳ ἢν ἦγεν ἐν τῇ.. νηΐ Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.23.)]