noun · neuter
emporiem
Greekἐμπόριον (emporion)
Strong’sG1712
market, market-house
stem empori-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐμπόριον, -ον, τό
(ἔμπορος) [in LXX: De 33:19 (סָפַן), Ez 27:3 (רָכַל); ἐ. εἶναι, Is 23:17 (זָנָה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1712 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidem-por'-ee-on
a mart ("emporium")
Fromneuter from G1713;
King Jamesmerchandise.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | emporiem | emporieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | emporieu1×ἐμπορίου | emporieiu |
| to, for dative | emporie | emporiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
emporie 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
emporieu“marketplace”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
John 2:16“marketplace”kai toi tain peristerain pōlarōtoi legata; Airavar houteim enteuthen, mē poiavōr ton oikon tou patērou mu oikon emporieu.To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”