verb

emporeuemō

Greekἐμπορεύομαι (emporeuomai)

Strong’sG1710

I travel as a merchant, engage in trade

stem emporeu-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

carry on business1×exploit1×

What it means

ἐμ-πορεύομαι depon.

(< ἔμπορος), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר;]

1. to travel, esp. for business.

2. to traffic, trade: Ja 4:13.

3. C. acc rei

(a) to traffic in;

(b) to import: (Ho 12:1, for יָבַל hoph.).

4. C. acc pers., to make a gain of: II Pe 2:3.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1710 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidem-por-yoo'-om-ahee

to travel in (a country as a pedlar), i.e. (by implication) to trade

Fromfrom G1722 and G4198;

King Jamesbuy and sell, make merchandise.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
emporeueniἐμπορευσόμεθα	will happen · wefuture middle indicative 1st person plural	carry on business	1×
emporeueliἐμπορεύσονται	will happen · theyfuture middle indicative 3rd person plural	exploit	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	emporeuemō	emporeueme	emporeuemi	emporeuema	emporeuemē	emporeuemelē
you 2nd person singular	emporeuesō	emporeuese	emporeuesi	emporeuesa	emporeuesē	emporeueselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emporeuetō	emporeuete	emporeueti	emporeueta	emporeuetē	emporeuetelē
we 1st person plural	emporeuenō	emporeuene	emporeueni1×ἐμπορευσόμεθα	emporeuena	emporeuenē	emporeuenelē
ye 2nd person plural	emporeuevō	emporeueve	emporeuevi	emporeueva	emporeuevē	emporeuevelē
they 3rd person plural	emporeuelō	emporeuele	emporeueli1×ἐμπορεύσονται	emporeuela	emporeuelē	emporeuelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	emporeuemeiō	emporeuemeia	emporeuemeiē
you 2nd person singular	emporeueseiō	emporeueseia	emporeueseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emporeueteiō	emporeueteia	emporeueteiē
we 1st person plural	emporeueneiō	emporeueneia	emporeueneiē
ye 2nd person plural	emporeueveiō	emporeueveia	emporeueveiē
they 3rd person plural	emporeueleiō	emporeueleia	emporeueleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	emporeuesōr	emporeuesar	emporeuesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emporeuetōr	emporeuetar	emporeuetēr
ye 2nd person plural	emporeuevōr	emporeuevar	emporeuevēr
they 3rd person plural	emporeuelōr	emporeuelar	emporeuelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	emporeuemoiō	emporeuemoia
you 2nd person singular	emporeuesoiō	emporeuesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emporeuetoiō	emporeuetoia
we 1st person plural	emporeuenoiō	emporeuenoia
ye 2nd person plural	emporeuevoiō	emporeuevoia
they 3rd person plural	emporeueloiō	emporeueloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	emporeuerō	emporeueri	emporeuera	emporeuerē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	emporeuerōtos	emporeueritos	emporeueratos	emporeuerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

emporeustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

emporeu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

emporeueni“carry on business”will happen · wefuture middle indicative 1st person plural1×

James 4:13“carry on business”Agasōr nun toir legarōtoir; Sēmeron ē aurion poreueni eis hōdan tan politan kai poiani ekei eniauton kai emporeueni kai kerdainani;Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

emporeueli“exploit”will happen · theyfuture middle indicative 3rd person plural1×

2 Peter 2:3“exploit”kai en pleonexia plastoi logoi vin emporeueli; hoi tem krimem ekpalai ouk argatō, kai tas apōleias autoiu ouk nustazatō.In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.