ἀγοράζωagorázō
properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem
Greek (New Testament) · G59
Meanings
1. to frequent the ἀγορά.
2. to buy in the market, purchase: absolutely, Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15; with accusative of thing, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:46, and elsewhere; followed by παρά, with genitive of person, Revelation 3:18; ἐκ, Matthew 27:7; with genitive pret., Mark 6:37, and elsewhere; metaphorically, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Corinthians 7:23, 2 Peter 2:1, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 14:4.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 30 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 13:44 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.
- Matthew 13:46 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!
- Matthew 14:15 That evening the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”
- Matthew 21:12 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
- Matthew 25:9 “But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’
- Matthew 25:10 “But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.