Word Study · Strong's G58 · Greek
ἀγορά
agora
ag-or-ah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: agorá
“properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare
Rendered in the KJV as
market(-place), street.
- 11occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- ἀγοραῖς5
- ἀγορᾷ3
- ἀγοραῖς.¶1
- ἀγορὰν1
- ἀγορᾶς1
How it is rendered · 6
- marketplaces4
- marketplace3
- [the] market1
- marketplaces.1
- markets1
- the marketplace1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural6
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DPF · 6
- N-DSF · 3
- N-ASF · 1
- N-GSF · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 11:16ἀγοραῖςagoraisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralTo what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:here: markets
- Matthew 20:3ἀγορᾷagoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAbout the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.here: marketplace
- Matthew 23:7ἀγοραῖςagoraisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralthe greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.here: marketplaces
Mark3 occurrences
- Mark 6:56ἀγοραῖςagoraisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralAnd wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.here: marketplaces
- Mark 7:4ἀγορᾶςagorasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.here: [the] market
- Mark 12:38ἀγοραῖςagoraisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralIn His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,here: marketplaces
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 7:32ἀγορᾷagoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThey are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’here: the marketplace
- Luke 11:43ἀγοραῖς.¶agoraisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralWoe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.here: marketplaces.
- Luke 20:46ἀγοραῖςagoraisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.here: marketplaces
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 16:19ἀγορὰνagorannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.here: marketplace
- Acts 17:17ἀγορᾷagoranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularSo he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.here: marketplace