Strong G1712ἐμπόριον
marketplace/trade
- Transliteration
- emporion
- Pronunciation
- em-por'-ee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter from G1713; a mart (emporium): - merchandise.
Detailed definition
ἐμπόριον, -ον, τό
(ἔμπορος) [in LXX: Deu.33:19 (סָפַן), Eze.27:3 (רָכַל); ἐ. εἶναι, Isa.23:17 (זָנָה)*;]
a trading place, exchange: οἶκος ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16.†
(AS)
(ἔμπορος) [in LXX: Deu.33:19 (סָפַן), Eze.27:3 (רָכַל); ἐ. εἶναι, Isa.23:17 (זָנָה)*;]
a trading place, exchange: οἶκος ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1712 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- merchandise1
First verses
- John 2:16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπόρ-ιον, τό,
trading-station, mart, factory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.165, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1523, “IPE” 12.47.9 (Olbia, 1st c.AD), etc.)]; προστάται τοῦ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.178)]; ἐ. παρέχειν, of Corinth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13.)]
b market-centre for a district which had no πόλις, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 880.22 (Macedonia, 3rd c.AD).)]
2 τὸ ἐ., at Athens, the Exchange, where the merchants resorted, δανείσασθαι Χρήματα ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.1, compare 18.309)]; ἐκ τοὐμπορίου τινές foreign merchants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.3, compare 43.9.)]
II ἐμπόρια, τά, merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.7.)]
trading-station, mart, factory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.165, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1523, “IPE” 12.47.9 (Olbia, 1st c.AD), etc.)]; προστάται τοῦ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.178)]; ἐ. παρέχειν, of Corinth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13.)]
b market-centre for a district which had no πόλις, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 880.22 (Macedonia, 3rd c.AD).)]
2 τὸ ἐ., at Athens, the Exchange, where the merchants resorted, δανείσασθαι Χρήματα ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.1, compare 18.309)]; ἐκ τοὐμπορίου τινές foreign merchants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.3, compare 43.9.)]
II ἐμπόρια, τά, merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.7.)]