Strong G1713ἔμπορος
trader/merchant
- Transliteration
- emporos
- Pronunciation
- em'-por-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἔμ-πορος, -ου, ὁ
(πόρος, a journey), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר, רָכַל;]
1. a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.
2. a merchant: Mat.13:45, Rev.18:3, 11 18:15, 23.†
(AS)
(πόρος, a journey), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר, רָכַל;]
1. a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.
2. a merchant: Mat.13:45, Rev.18:3, 11 18:15, 23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1713 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- merchant5
First verses
- Matthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
- Revelation 18:3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
- Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
- Revelation 18:15The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
- Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔμπορ-ος, ον,
one who goes on ship-board as a passenger, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.319, 24.300.)]
II = ὁ ἐν πόρῳ ὤν, wayfarer, traveller, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.36, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 25, 303, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 999 (Lyric poetry).)]
III merchant, trader, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 16, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.39, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31, etc.)]; distinguished from the retail-dealer (κάπηλος) by his making voyages and importing goods himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d, “R.” 371a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a16, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1156: _metaphorically_, ἔ. κακῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 598)]; ἔ. βίου a trafficker in life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 964; ἔ. περὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μαθήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 231d)]; ὥρης ἔ. a dealer in beauty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.416 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); ἔ. γυναικῶν “IG” 14.2000.)]
III.2 as adjective, ={ἐμπορικός, ναῦς ἔ}. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.12.)]
one who goes on ship-board as a passenger, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.319, 24.300.)]
II = ὁ ἐν πόρῳ ὤν, wayfarer, traveller, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.36, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 25, 303, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 999 (Lyric poetry).)]
III merchant, trader, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 16, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.39, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31, etc.)]; distinguished from the retail-dealer (κάπηλος) by his making voyages and importing goods himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d, “R.” 371a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a16, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1156: _metaphorically_, ἔ. κακῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 598)]; ἔ. βίου a trafficker in life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 964; ἔ. περὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μαθήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 231d)]; ὥρης ἔ. a dealer in beauty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.416 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); ἔ. γυναικῶν “IG” 14.2000.)]
III.2 as adjective, ={ἐμπορικός, ναῦς ἔ}. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.12.)]