Quick Definition
a merchant, trader
Strong's Definition
a (wholesale) tradesman
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and the base of G4198 (πορεύομαι);
KJV Usage: merchant
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔμπορος (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμπόρου, ὁ (πόρος);
1. equivalent to ὁ ἐπ' ἀλλοτρίας νεώς πλέων μισθοῦ, ὁ ἐπιβάτης; so Hesychius, with whom agree Phavorinus and the Schol. ad Aristophanes, Plutarch, 521; and so the word is used by Homer.
2. after Homer one on a journey, whether by sea or by land, especially for traffic; hence,
3. a merchant (opposed to κάπηλος a retailer, petty tradesman): Rev_18:3; Rev_18:11; Rev_18:15; Rev_18:23; ἄνθρωπος ἔμπορος (see ἄνθρωπος, 4 a.), Mat_13:45 (WH text omits ἄνθρωπος). (the Sept. for ρΙηΕγ and ψΙλΕμ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔμπορος emporos 5x
pr. a passenger by sea; a traveller; one who travels about for traffic, a merchant, Mat_13:45 ; Rev_18:3 ; Rev_18:11 ; Rev_18:15 ; Rev_18:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔμ -πορος , -ου , ὁ
( < πόρος , a journey ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5503 , H7402 ;]
1. a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.
2. a merchant: Mat_13:45 , Rev_18:3 ; Rev_18:11 ; Rev_18:15 ; Rev_18:23 . †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔμπορος [page 208]
In BGU III. 1012 .3 (ii/B.C.) we have a letter addressed to Antaeus παρὰ Μαρρέου [ς τ ]οῦ Πετ [ο ]σείριος ἐμπόρου , and in ib. IV. 1061 .15 (B.C. 14) an attack is made ληστρικῶι τρόπωι ἐπί τινα ἔμπορον τῶν ἐκ τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου . P Oxy I. 36 ii. 9 (ii/iii A.D.) provides that if the tax-farmer desires that a ship be unloaded .13 ff. ὁ ἔμπορος ἐκφορτιζέ [τ ]ω , the merchant shall unload it, but that if the ship s manifest be found correct ὁ τελώνης τ [ὴ ]ν δαπάνην τῷ ἐμπό [ρ ]ῳ τοῦ ἐκφορτισμοῦ ἀποδ [ότ ]ω , the tax-farmer shall repay to the merchant the cost of unloading. Add Preisigke 1070 τὸ προσκύνημα Ἡρακλεί [δ ]ου Μενεμεν .αλιτος ἐμπόρου παρὰ τῷ θ [ε ]ῷ κυρί [ῳ Βησᾷ . For ἔμπορος in its primitive sense of viator Herwerden ( Lex. s.v. ) cites Bacchyl. xvii. 36 ἔμπορον οἷ᾽ ἀλάταν ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοδαμίαν , like a wayfarer who wanders forth to a strange folk (Jebb) : cf. Cagnat IV. 144 .10 (Cyzicus, i/A.D.) τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς [Ἀσίας . . . ]ν ἐνπόρων καὶ ξένων τῶν ἐληλυθότων εἰς τὴν πανήγυριν . For the classic distinction between ἔμπορος and κάπηλος see Plato de Rep. ii. 371D.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔμπορος ἔμ-πορος, ον (adj e)m-por os_on ) [Etym: ἐν, πόρος, cf. περάω] "one who goes on shipboard as a passenger", Lat. vector, Od. = ὁ ἐν πόρῳ ὤν, "any one on a journey, a traveller, wanderer", Trag. "a merchant, trader", Lat. mercator, Hdt. , etc.:—metaph., ἔμπορος βίου "a trafficker" in life, Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔμ-πορος, -ου, ὁ
(πόρος, a journey), [in LXX chiefly for סָחַר, רָכַל ;]
__1. a passenger on shipboard, one on a journey.
__2. a merchant: Mat.13:45, Rev.18:3, 11 18:15, 23.†
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