Lexical Definition
ἀγορά agorá (ag-or-ah') marketplace G:N-F
from
market(-place), street.
- probably akin to ἐγείρω)
- properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort)
- by implication, a market or thoroughfare
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἀγορᾷ | marketplace | Matt.20.3 • Acts.17.17 |
| the marketplace | Luke.7.32 | |
| ἀγορᾶσ | market | Mark.7.4 |
| ἀγορὰν | marketplace | Acts.16.19 |
| ἀγοραῖσ | marketplaces | Matt.23.7 • Mark.6.56 • Mark.12.38 • Luke.11.43 • Luke.20.46 |
| markets | Matt.11.16 | |
| αγοραίσ | markets | LXX.Song.3.2 |
| αγοράν | for your market | LXX.Ezek.27.14 • LXX.Ezek.27.16 • LXX.Ezek.27.22 |
| your market | LXX.Ezek.27.12 • LXX.Ezek.27.19 | |
| αγορά | market | LXX.Eccl.12.4 • LXX.Eccl.12.5 |
Abbott-Smith
ἀγορά, -ας, ἡ (< ἀγείρω, to bring together) [in LXX for עִזָּבוֹן, שׁוּק;]
1. an assembly (Hom., Xen., al.).
2. a place of assembly, a public place or forum, a market-place (Hom., Thuc, al.; LXX): Mt 11:16 20:2 23:7, Mk 6:56 (cf . MM, VGT, s.v., ἀγυιά) 7:4 (Bl., §46, 7) 12:38, Lk 7:32 (Bl., §46, 7) 11:43 20:46, Ac 16:19 17:7 (Cremer, 59; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 11:16 · 20:2 · 23:7 |
| Mark | 6:56 · 7:4 · 12:38 |
| Luke | 7:32 · 11:43 · 20:46 |
| Acts | 16:19 · 17:7 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἀγορά [ᾰγ], ᾶς,
Ionic dialect ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, (ἀγείρω):— assembly, especially of the People, opposed to the Council of Chiefs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖσιν δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι (i.e. Κυκλώπεσσι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. Πυλάτιδες, of the Amphictyonic Council at Pylae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι,[Refs 8th c.BC+]—Not common in Prose, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the assembly in Attic demes, [Refs 4th c.BC+], = Latin conventus agere, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]“Bis Acc.” 4,12: meeting for games, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II place of assembly, τοὺς δ᾽ εὗρ᾽ εἰν ἀγορῇ[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 market-place, perhaps not earlier than [Refs]; frequently in later authors, πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ. market people, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν to go into the forum, i. e. be a citizen, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι to trade in the market, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν (opposed to ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον) 'for the market', [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III business of the ἀγορά:
__III.1 public speaking, gift of speaking, mostly in plural, ἔσχ᾽ ἀγοράων withheld him from speaking, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ δ᾽ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 market, ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι to have supplies,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐλευθέρα, i. e. καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, provisions, supplies, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in plural, Nic.Dam.p.6.17 [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν cut off supplies, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.2.b market, sale, ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV as a mark of time, ἀ. πλήθουσα the forenoon, when the market-place was full, ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης[Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+] the time just after mid-day, when they went home from market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V marketday, = Latin nundinae, [Refs 1st c.BC+]