Greek noun (masculine) · G1713
ἔμπορος
emporosem'-por-os
a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.; a merchant
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: émporos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1713is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1713
a (wholesale) tradesman
The King James renders it: merchant.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
emporos is rendered "a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.; a merchant". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
Matthew 13:45ἐμπόρῳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's five uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey., and a merchant.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. |
| a merchantMat.13:45, Rev.18:3, 11 18:15, 23.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐμπορεύομαι | emporeuomai | to traffic in | Uses2 |
| ἐμπορία | emporia | trade/business | Uses1 |
| ἐμπόριον | emporion | marketplace/trade | Uses1 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔμποροι3
- ἔμποροί1
- ἐμπόρῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4N-NPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
Matthew
one use
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
- ἐμπόρῳemporonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: a merchant
Revelation
four uses
All 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.”
- ἔμποροιemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: merchants
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
- ἔμποροιemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: merchants
The 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,
- ἔμποροιemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: merchants
The 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.”
- ἔμποροίemporoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: merchants
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.