Strong G3111μάκελλον

meat market

Transliteration
makellon
Pronunciation
mak'-el-lon
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

Of Latin origin [macellum]; a butcher's stall meat market or provision shop: - shambles.

Detailed definition

μάκελλον, -ου, τό (Lat. macellum),
a meat-market: 1Co.10:25 (see Deiss., LAE, 274; MM, xvi).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3111 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shamble1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:25
    Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μάκελλον, τό,
enclosure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 42(1).102.107, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC))]:— also μάκελλος, ὁ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 137)]; μάκελος, ὁ, and plural μακέλα, μάκελλα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II μάκελλος, ὁ, = Latin macellum, market, [NT+1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).268.45 (Mantinea, 1st c.BC), 5(1).149 (from Sparta), NT.1Cor.10.25, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 61.18, “PLond,unpublished” 2487.43 (4th c.AD))]:—hence μακελλάριος, ὁ, = Latin macellarius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 134)]; = laniator, lanio, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]: neuter μακελλάριον, τό, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1000 (6th c.AD))].