ἀγοράagorá

Meanings

Same root

• κατήγοροςkatḗgoros · G2725against one in the assembly, i.e. a complainant at law; specially, Satan
• δημηγορέωdēmēgoréō · G1215to be a people-gatherer, i.e. to address a public assembly
• πανήγυριςpanḗgyris · G3831a mass-meeting, i.e. (figuratively) universal companionship
• ἀλληγορέωallēgoréō · G238to allegorize
• ἐγείρωegeírō · G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
• ἀγοράζωagorázō · G59properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem
• παρηγορίαparēgoría · G3931an address alongside, i.e. (specially), consolation
• ἀγοραῖοςagoraîos · G60relating to the market-place, i.e. forensic (times); by implication, vulgar

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 11:16 “To what can I compare this generation? It is like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
• Matthew 20:3 “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.
• Matthew 23:7 They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’
• Mark 6:56 Wherever he went—in villages, cities, or the countryside—they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.
• Mark 7:4 Similarly, they don’t eat anything from the market until they immerse their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to—such as their ceremonial washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles.)
• Mark 12:38 Jesus also taught: “Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces.