Quick Definition
ἀγορά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. market-place
Strong's Definition
from ageiro (to gather; probably akin to 1453); properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare
KJV Usage: market(-place), street
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ᾶς | ἀγοράζω
57.207 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Earn, Gain, Do Business
market, marketplace, business center a commercial center with a number of places for doing business ἀγορά differs in meaning from ἐμπόριον (57.206) in that the focus is upon a commercial center involving a number of places for doing business. The term ἐμπόριον may be used to refer to the same type of geographical location, but the focus is upon the activity and not the place.
MAT 11:16 · MAT 20:3 · MAT 23:7 · MRK 6:56 · MRK 7:4 · MRK 12:38 · LUK 7:32 · LUK 11:43 · LUK 20:46 · ACT 16:19 · ACT 17:17
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγορά, -as, ἡ, (ἀγείρω, pf. ἤγορα. to collect), [fr. Hom. down] ; 1. any collection of men, congregation, assembly. 2. place where assemblies are held; in the N. T. the forum or public place, —where trials are held, Acts xvi. 19; and the citizens resort, Acts xvii. 17; and commodities are exposed for sale, Mk. vii. 4 (ἀπ᾿ ἀγορᾶς sc. ἐλθόντες on returning from the market if they have not washed themselves they eat not; W. § 66, 2 d. note); accordingly, the most frequented part of a city or village: Mt. xi. 16, (LK. vii. 32); Mk. vi. 56; Mt. xx. 3; xxii. 7; Mk. xii. 38; [Lk. xi. 43]; xx.46. [See B. Ὁ. Am. ed. s. v. Market.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀγορά agora 11x
a place of public concourse, forum, market-place; things said in the market, provision
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀγορά, -ας, ἡ (< ἀγείρω, to bring together)
[in LXX for עִזָּבוֹן, שׁוּק;]
an assembly (Hom., Xen., al.).
a place of assembly, a public place or forum, a market-place (Hom., Thuc, al.; LXX): Mt 11:16 20:2 23:7, Mk 6:56 (cf . MM, VGT, s.v., ἀγυιά) 7:4 (Bl., §46, 7) 12:38, Lk 7:32 (Bl., §46, 7) 11:43 20:46, Ac 16:19 17:7 (Cremer, 59; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀγορά. The ordinary meaning ‘‘market” does not necd illustrating. That bankers were to be found there may be seen in BGU III. 986° (Hadrian’s reign) διὰ τῆς “A... τοῦ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀγορά (agora) — marketplace. ἀγορά [ᾰγ], ᾶς, Ionic dialect ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, (ἀγείρω):— assembly, especially of the People, opposed to the Council of Chiefs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖσιν δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι (i.e. Κυκλώπεσσι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. Πυλάτιδες, of the Amphictyonic Council at Pylae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι,[Refs 8th c.BC+]—Not common in Prose, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the assembly in Attic demes, [Refs 4th c.BC+], = Latin conventus agere, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]“Bis Acc.” 4,12: meeting for games, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. place of assembly, τοὺς δ᾽ εὗρ᾽ εἰν ἀγορῇ[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. market-place, perhaps not earlier than [Refs]; frequently in later authors, πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ. market people, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν to go into the forum, i. e. be a citizen, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι to trade in the market, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν (opposed to ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον) 'for the market', [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. business of the ἀγορά:
III.1. public speaking, gift of speaking, mostly in plural, ἔσχ᾽ ἀγοράων withheld him from speaking, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ δ᾽ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον[Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2. market, ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι to have supplies,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐλευθέρα, i. e. καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, provisions, supplies, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in plural, Nic.Dam.p.6.17 [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν cut off supplies, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2. b market, sale, ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. as a mark of time, ἀ. πλήθουσα the forenoon, when the market-place was full, ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης[Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+] the time just after mid-day, when they went home from market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. marketday, = Latin nundinae, [Refs 1st c.BC+]