ἐμπόρ-ιον G1712
trading place, marketplace, commercial center where merchants gather and conduct business
This term refers to a trading station or marketplace, a commercial hub where business transactions occur. In the ancient world, such centers were vital for economic exchange, serving as gathering points for merchants. Jesus uses this word when cleansing the temple in John 2:16, condemning those who had turned his Father's house into a marketplace, highlighting the inappropriate mixing of sacred and commercial space.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The single New Testament occurrence in John 2:16 captures Jesus' rebuke during the temple cleansing: 'Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.' The cross-lingual glosses (commerce, market, Markt) consistently point to commercial activity. Classical usage shows ἐμπόριον designated trading stations and exchanges where merchants conducted business, particularly at Corinth and Athens. 1×
AR["تِجَارَةٍ"]·ben["ব্যবসার"]·DE["Markt"]·EN["of-commerce"]·FR["commerce"]·heb["מִסְחָר"]·HI["व्यापार-का।"]·ID["perdagangan."]·IT["emporiou"]·jav["dagang."]·KO["상점-의"]·PT["de-comércio."]·RU["торговли"]·ES["de-mercado"]·SW["ya-biashara"]·TR["ticaretin"]·urd["تجارت۔"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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+