Quick Definition
ἐμπόριον, ου, τό n.n. market, market-house
Strong's Definition
neuter from 1713; a mart ("emporium")
KJV Usage: merchandise
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμπόριον [see ev, III. 3], -ov, τό, (ἔμπορος), a place where trade is carried on, esp. a seaport; a mart, emporium; (Plin. forum nundinarium): οἶκος ἐμπορίου a market house (epexeget. gen. [W. § 59, 8 a.; A. V. a house of merchandise]), Jn. ii. 16. (From Hdt. down; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπόριον emporion 1x
a mart, marketplace, emporium; met. traffic, Jn. 2:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμπόριον, -ον, τό
(ἔμπορος) [in LXX: De 33:19 (סָפַן), Ez 27:3 (רָכַל); ἐ. εἶναι, Is 23:17 (זָנָה)* ;]
a trading place, exchange: οἶκος ἐμπορίου, Jo 2:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμπόριον. P Petr 11. 451: (B.c. 246) τὰς τιμὰς ἐν τῶι ἐμπορίωι, P Tebt I. 585. (8.6. 118) περ]ήὶ τῶν εἰσαγόντων] διὰ τοῦ ξενικοῦ ἐμπορίου, ‘in the case of persons importing goods through the foreign mart” (Edd.), 74. 635 (B.c. 140-39) ἱεροδούλων ἀπὸ ἐμπορίων καὶ ἐργασιῶν καὶ μισθῶν τασσομένων, ‘“‘sacred slaves from trades and manufactures and salaries” (Edd.). In Sy// 9324 (beginning of iii/A.D.) τὰ ὄντα ἐνπόρια is used simply of inhabited places: see Dittenberger’s note. On the form of the word, cf. Mayser Gr. p. 93.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐμπόριον (emporion) — marketplace/trade. ἐμπόρ-ιον, τό, trading-station, mart, factory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προστάται τοῦ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. παρέχειν, of Corinth, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b market-centre for a district which had no πόλις, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2. τὸ ἐ., at Athens, the Exchange, where the merchants resorted, δανείσασθαι Χρήματα ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοὐμπορίου τινές foreign merchants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. ἐμπόρια, τά, merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
