Strong's Greek · G58
G58 agorá
ἀγορά
ag-or-ah'
marketplace
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agorá appears 11 times in Scripture, including Matthew 11:16 and Mark 6:56. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare
In the King James Version
market(-place), street
Derivation
from ἀγείρω (to gather; probably akin to G1453 (ἐγείρω));
Appears 11 times in Scripture
“And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.”
“the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.”
“So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.”
“And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.”
“When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.”
“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:”
“They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’”
““Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.”
“In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,”
“Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
