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G1712 ἐμπόριον (empórion)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

market, market-house

Strong's Definition

a mart ("emporium")

Derivation: neuter from G1713 (ἔμπορος);

KJV Usage: merchandise

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐμπόριον (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμπορίου, τό (ἔμπορος), a place where trade is carried on, especially a seaport; a mart, emporium; (Pliny,forumnundinarium): οἶκος ἐμπορίου a market house (epexegetical genitive (Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 a.; A. V. a house of merchandise)), Joh_2:16. (From Herodotus down; the Sept..)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐμπόριον emporion 1x a mart, marketplace, emporium; met. traffic, Joh_2:16

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐμπόριον , -ον , τό (ἔμπορος ), [in LXX : Deu_33:19 ( H5603 ), Eze_27:3 ( H7402 ); ἐ . εἶναι , Isa_23:17 ( H2181 ) * ;] a trading place, exchange: οἶκος ἐμπορίου , Joh_2:16 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐμπόριον [page 208] P Petr II. 45 iii. 5 (B.C. 246) τὰς τιμὰς ἐν τῶι ἐμπορίωι , P Tebt I. 5 .33 (B.C. 118) περ ]ὶ τῶν εἰσαγό [ντων ] διὰ τοῦ ξενικοῦ ἐμπορίου , in the case of persons importing goods through the foreign mart (Edd.), ib. 6 .25 (B.C. 140 39) ἱεροδούλων ἀπὸ ἐμπορίων καὶ ἐργασιῶν καὶ μισθῶν τασσομένων , sacred slaves from trades and manufactures and salaries (Edd.). In Syll 932 .21 (beginning of iii/A.D.) τὰ ὄντα ἐνπόρια is used simply of inhabited places : see Dittenberger s note. On the form of the word, cf. Mayser Gr. p. 93.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐμπόριον ἐμπόριον, ου, τό, (n e)mpori os_ou neut ) [Etym: from ἔμπορος] Lat. emporium, a trading-place, mart, factory, such as were formed by the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Hdt. , etc. τὸ ἐμπ., at Athens, "the Exchange", where the merchants resorted, Dem. ἐμπόρια, τά, "merchandise", Xen.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

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