ἀγορά agora

Greek word for “marketplace” · Strong’s G58 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

ἀγορά, -ας, ἡ (ἀγείρω, to bring together);

How it is translated

Glosses given for agora in context, with how often each is used:

• marketplaces 5
• marketplace 4
• markets 1
• market 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 20 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Mark 6 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 20 (1), Acts 16 (1)

Forms

• ἀγοραῖς 6
• ἀγορᾷ 3
• ἀγορᾶς 1
• ἀγορὰν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with agora more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀσπασμός aspasmos “salutation” 4
• πρωτοκαθεδρία prōtokathedria “seat of honor” 2
• συναγωγή sunagōgē “synagogue” 3
• προσφωνέω prosphōneō “to call to/summon” 2
• στολή stolē “robe” 2
• ὅμοιος homoios “like” 2
• παιδίον paidion “child” 2
• γραμματεύς grammateus “scribe” 2
• περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 2
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 2
• ἄλλος allos “another” 2
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 2

Key verses

The verses using agora that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:16 — But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
• Matthew 20:3 — And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
• Matthew 23:7 — And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
• Mark 6:56 — And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but…
• Mark 7:4 — And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups,…
• Mark 12:38 — And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
• Luke 7:32 — They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned…
• Luke 11:43 — Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
• Luke 20:46 — Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at…
• Acts 16:19 — And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
• Acts 17:17 — Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.