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Greek verb · G59

ἀγοράζω

agorazoag-or-ad'-zo

to frequent the ἀγορά; to buy in the market

30 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: agorázō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G59is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 19
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G59

properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem

The King James renders it: buy, redeem.

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

agorazo is rendered "to frequent the ἀγορά; to buy in the market". It stands 30 times in the Greek text, across seven books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to frequent the ἀγορά".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
  • The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.

The first use

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Matthew 13:44ἀγοράζει

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seven of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 20 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to frequent the ἀγορά, and to buy in the market.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to frequent the ἀγοράTagged as
  • they may buy3
  • do buy2
  • having bought2
  • I have bought2
  • you were bought2
  • bought1
  • he bought1
  • he should buy1

and 6 more, 20 uses in all

WhereMatthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again…
to buy in the marketpurchase (Xen.Tagged as
  • buying3
  • to buy3
  • buys2
  • shall we buy1
  • they bought1
WhereMatthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again…

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.

ἀγοράagoramarketplaceUses11
ἀγοραῖοςagoraiosof the marketplaceUses2

All 30, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

19 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

  • ἀγοράσαι3
  • ἀγοράσωμεν3
  • ἀγοράσωσιν3
  • ἀγοράζει2
  • ἀγοράζοντας2
  • ἠγόρασα2
  • ἠγόρασαν2
  • ἠγοράσθητε2
  • ἀγοράζοντες1
  • ἀγοράσαντα1
  • ἀγοράσας1
  • ἀγοράσατε1

and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural3V-AAS-1P
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural3V-AAS-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-API-2P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural2V-PAP-APM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S

Matthew

seven uses
  • The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

    Matthew 13:44

    • ἀγοράζειagorazeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: buys
  • When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

    Matthew 13:46

    • ἠγόρασενegorasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he bought
  • When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

    Matthew 14:15

    • ἀγοράσωσινagorasosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may buy
  • Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

    Matthew 21:12

    • ἀγοράζονταςagorazontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: buying
  • ‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

    Matthew 25:9

    • ἀγοράσατεagorasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do buy
  • But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

    Matthew 25:10

    • ἀγοράσαιagorasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to buy
  • After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

    Matthew 27:7

    • ἠγόρασανegorasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they bought

Mark

five uses
  • Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

    Mark 6:36

    • ἀγοράσωσινagorasosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may buy
  • But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

    Mark 6:37

    • ἀγοράσωμενagorasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: shall we buy
  • When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

    Mark 11:15

    • ἀγοράζονταςagorazontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: buying
  • So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

    Mark 15:46

    • ἀγοράσαςagorasasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having bought
  • When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

    Mark 16:1

    • ἠγόρασανegorasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: bought

Luke

five uses
  • But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

    Luke 9:13

    • ἀγοράσωμενagorasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: shall buy
  • But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

    Luke 14:18

    • ἠγόρασαegorasaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have bought
  • Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

    Luke 14:19

    • ἠγόρασαegorasaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have bought
  • It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

    Luke 17:28

    • ἠγόραζονegorazonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were buying
  • “Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

    Luke 22:36

    • ἀγορασάτωagorasatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should buy

John

three uses
  • (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

    John 4:8

    • ἀγοράσωσινagorasosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may buy
  • When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

    John 6:5

    • ἀγοράσωμενagorasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may buy
  • Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

    John 13:29

    • ἀγόρασονagorasonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do buy

1 Corinthians

three uses
  • you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

    1 Corinthians 6:20

    • ἠγοράσθητεegorastheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were bought
  • You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

    1 Corinthians 7:23

    • ἠγοράσθητεegorastheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were bought
  • those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

    1 Corinthians 7:30

    • ἀγοράζοντεςagorazontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: buying

2 Peter

one use
  • Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

    2 Peter 2:1

    • ἀγοράσανταagorasantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having bought

Revelation

six uses
  • I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

    Revelation 3:18

    • ἀγοράσαιagorasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to buy
  • And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

    Revelation 5:9

    • ἠγόρασαςegorasasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You purchased
  • so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

    Revelation 13:17

    • ἀγοράσαιagorasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to buy
  • And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

    Revelation 14:3

    • ἠγορασμένοιegorasmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: redeemed
  • These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

    Revelation 14:4

    • ἠγοράσθησανegorasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were redeemed
  • And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

    Revelation 18:11

    • ἀγοράζειagorazeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: buys

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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