Quick Definition
I travel as a merchant, engage in trade
Strong's Definition
to travel in (a country as a pedlar), i.e. (by implication) to trade
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G4198 (πορεύομαι);
KJV Usage: buy and sell, make merchandise
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμπορεύομαι (see ἐν, III. 3): deponent passive with future middle ἐμπορεύσομαι; (from ἔμπορος, which see); to go a trading, to travel for business, to traffic, trade (Thucydides and following; the Sept.): Jas_4:13 (Rst G here give the 1 aorist subjunctive ἐμπορευσώμεθα); with the accusative of a thing, to import for sale (as ἔλαιον εἰς Αἴγυπτον, the Sept. Hos_12:1; πορφύραν ἀπό Φοινίκης, (Diogenes Laërtius 7, 2; γλαυκας, Lucian, Nigrin. at the beginning); to deal in; to use a thing or a person for gain (A. V. make merchandise of) (ὥραν τοῦ σώματος, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 8; Ἀσπασια ἐνεπορεύετο πλήθη γυναικῶν, Athen. 13, p. 569 f.): 2Pe_2:3; cf. Winers Grammar, 223 (209); (Buttmann, 147 (129)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπορεύομαι emporeuomai 2x
to travel; to travel for business sake; to trade, traffic, Jas_4:13 ; by impl., trans., to make a gain of, deceive for one s own advantage, 2Pe_2:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ -πορεύομαι ,
depon .
( < ἔμπορος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5503 ;]
1. to travel, esp . for business.
2. to traffc, trade: Jas_4:13 .
3. C . acc rei
(a) to traffic in;
(b) to import: ( Hos_12:1 , for H2986 hoph .).
4. C . acc pers ., to make a gain of: 2Pe_2:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμπορεύομαι [page 207]
For ἐ . of travelling on business, as in Jas_4:13 , see the question addressed to the oracle of Zeus at Dodona, Syll 800 (iii/B.C. ?) ἦ τυγχάνοιμί κα ἐμπορευόμενος κτλ . The verb has nothing to do with πορεύομαι : its meaning is entirely determined by ἔμπορος (see below), but, had there been no πορεύομαι , the verb would more probably have been ἐμπορέω , cf. Moulton Gr. ii. § 118( a ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐμπορεύομαι fut. -πορεύσομαι aor1 ἐνεπορεύθην [Etym: ἐν] Dep. "to travel", Soph. "to travel for traffic, to be a merchant, to trade, traffic", Thuc. c. acc. rei, "to import", Luc. c. acc. pers. "to make gain of, to overreach", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-πορεύομαι depon.
(ἔμπορος), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר ;]
__1. to travel, esp. for business.
__2. to traffc, trade: Jas.4:13.
__3. C. accusative of thing(s)
__(a) to traffic in;
__(b) to import: (Hos.12:1, for יָבַל hoph.).
__4. C. accusative of person(s), to make a gain of: 2Pe.2:3.†
(AS)