Word Study · Strong's G1713 · Greek
ἔμπορος
emporos
em'-por-os
Strong's 1890 spelling: émporos
“a (wholesale) tradesman”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a (wholesale) tradesman
Rendered in the KJV as
merchant.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἔμποροι3
- ἔμποροί1
- ἐμπόρῳ1
How it is rendered · 2
- merchants4
- a merchant1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
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- N-NPM · 4
- N-DSM · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew1 occurrence
Revelation4 occurrences
- Revelation 18:3ἔμποροιemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAll the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”here: merchants
- Revelation 18:11ἔμποροιemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAnd the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—here: merchants
- Revelation 18:15ἔμποροιemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,here: merchants
- Revelation 18:23ἔμποροίemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”here: merchants