Quick Definition
ἀγοράζω v. I buy
Strong's Definition
from 58; properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem
KJV Usage: buy, redeem
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀγορά · ἀγοραῖος · δημηγορέω · ἐξαγοράζω · πανήγυρις
57.188 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Sell, Buy, Price
to buy, to purchase to acquire possessions or services in exchange for money
MAT 13:44 · MAT 13:46 · MAT 14:15 · MAT 21:12 · MAT 25:9 · MAT 25:10 · MAT 27:7 · MRK 6:36 · MRK 6:37 · MRK 11:15 · MRK 15:46 · MRK 16:1 · LUK 9:13 · LUK 14:18 · LUK 14:19 · LUK 17:28 · LUK 22:36 · JHN 4:8 · JHN 6:5 · JHN 13:29 · 1CO 7:30 · REV 3:18 · REV 13:17 · REV 18:11
37.131 · Control, Rule · Release, Set Free
to redeem, to set free (figurative extension of meaning of ἀγοράζω[a] ‘to buy,’ 57.188) to cause the release or freedom of someone by a means which proves costly to the individual causing the release A literal rendering of ἀγοράζω[b] or ἐξαγοράζω as ‘to release by means of paying a price’ can be misinterpreted in the sense that Christ actually engaged in some kind of monetary transaction. A literal translation may also lead to the mistaken interpretation, which was widespread in the Middle Ages, that in redeeming the believers God actually paid a price to the Devil. Obviously, ἀγοράζω in 1CO 6:20 and ἐξαγοράζω in GAL 3:13 must be understood in a figurative sense.
1CO 6:20 · 1CO 7:23 · 2PE 2:1 · REV 5:9 · REV 14:3 · REV 14:4
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγοράζω ; [impf. ἠγόραζον ; fut. ἀγοράσω] ; 1 aor. ἦγόpaca; Pass., pf. ptep. ἠγορασμένος ; 1 20r. ἠγοράσθην; (ἀγορά); 1. to frequent the market-place. 2. to buy (properly, in the market-place), [Arstph., Xen., al.]; used a. literally: absol.. Mt. xxi. 12; Mk. xi. 15; Lk. xix. 45 [not G T Tr WH]; τί, Mt. xiii. 44, 46; xiv. 15 and parallel pass., Jn. iv. 8; vi.5; with παρά and gen. of the pers. fr. whom, Rev. iii. 18, [Sept., Polyb.]; ἐκ and gen. of price, Mt. xxvii. 7; simple gen. of price, Mk. vi. 37. b. figuratively: Christ is said . to have purchased his disciples i. e. made them, as it were, his private property, 1 Co. vi. 20 [this is commonly understood of God; but cf. Jn. xvii. 9,10]; 1 Co. vii. 23 (with gen. of price added; see τιμή, 1); 2 Pet. ii. 1. He is also said to have bought them for God ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ, by shedding his blood, Rev. v. 9; they, too, are spoken of as purchased ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, Rev. xiv. 3, and ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, vs. 4, so that they are withdrawn from the earth (and its miseries) and from (wicked) men. But ἀγοράζω does not mean redeem (ἐξαγομάζω), —as is commonly said. [Comp.: ἐξ-αγοράζω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀγοράζω agorazō 30x
to buy; redeem, acquire by a ransom or price paid
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀγοράζω
(< ἀγορά), [in LXX chiefly for שׁבר, קנה;]
to frequent the ἀγορά (Hdt., al.).
to buy in the market, purchase (Xen., al.; LXX; in π. very common in deeds of sale, v. MM, VGT, s.v.): absol., Mt 21:12, Mk 11:15; c. acc. rei, Mt 13:44, 46, al.; seq. παρά, c. gen. pers., Re 3:18 (LXX, Polyb.); ἐκ, Mt 27:7; c. gen. pret., Mk 6:37, al.; metaph., I Co 6:20 7:23, II Pe 2:1, Re 5:9 14:3, 4.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀγοράζω. The verb (MGr = “‘ buy ”) is common in deeds of sale, e. g. P Lond 882*4 (z.c. 101) (= III. p. 14) ἣν ἠγόρασεν παρὰ O., 26. 1208) (8.6, 97) (=IIT. p. 19). It is used of the purchase of slaves in OG/S 33878 (the will of Attalus II1.—B.c. 133): cf. 1 Cor 650, 7% τιμῆς ἠγοράσθητε (Deissmann LA Z, Ρ. 328). So P Oxy VIII. 11495 ff. (ii/a.p.) ἀ[γο]ράσαι παρὰ Tacap[a]mlwvos ὃν ἔχει δοῦλον Σαραπίωνα, ‘to buy from Tasarapion her slave Sarapion,” a/. Both the verb and the corresponding substantive are found in P Oxy II. 2051). 48, a long letter by a tax-collector of i/A.D., στατῆρας πορφύ[ρ]ας ἀγόρασον . . . ἐὰν εὕρῃς ἀγ[οἱραστὴν τοῦ μέρ[ους] τῆς οἰκίας. For ἀγοραστός, see also P Petr II. 2011. 5,8 (B.C, 252) τοῦ ἀγοραστοῦ = ‘‘(wheat) for sale,” and P Tebt I. 301! (A.p. 123) (= Se/ectrons, p. 78) ἀγοραστὴν παρὰ Θενπετεσούχον . . . οἰκίαν, “the house as purchased from Thenpetesuchus,” αὐ ᾿Αγοράζειν mapa is illustrated above (P Lond 120819, P Oxy 1149°, etc.): for ἀ. ἀπό cf. P Flor 11. 1751} (A.p. 255) δήλοι (for δήλου) ἀπὸ τίνος τέκτονος ἠγοράσθη. For the gen. of price cf. P Par 595 (= Witkowski £77, p. 75—B.C. 60) τούτων (sc. I talent 140 drachmae) ἠγώρακα σίτου ap(taBas) B (Spaxpav) XA κτλ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀγοράζω (agorazō) — to buy. ἀγοράζω [ᾰγ], future άσω [LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist ἠγόρασα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠγόρακα[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἠγορασάμην[Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect ἠγόρασμαι (see. below):—passive, aorist ἠγοράσθην[Refs]: perfect ἠγόρασμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—frequent the ἀγορά, αἱ γυναῖκες ἀ. καὶ καπηλεύουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; occupy the market-place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. buy in the market, πωλεῖν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, buy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; farm taxes or state-contracts, ὠνὴν ἀ.[Refs]:—middle, buy for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, διάτινος ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect passive in middle sense, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἠγοράσθαι αὐτοῖς τὸν οἶνον[Refs]
3. haunt the ἀγορά, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἀγοράσει γ᾽ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ nor shall any boy lounge in the ἀγορά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]