Strong's Lexicon emporos: Merchant, Trader Original Word: ἔμπορος HELPS Word-studies 1713 émporos (from 1722 /en, "in" and poros, "a way of passage") – a merchant using a particular venue to trade. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom en and poros (a journey) Definition a passenger on shipboard, a merchant NASB Translation merchant (1), merchants (4). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1713: ἔμποροςἔμπορος (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): Revelation 18:3, 11, 15, 23; ἄνθρωπος ἔμπορος (see ἄνθρωπος, 4 a.), Matthew 13:45 (WH text omits ἄνθρωπος). (the Sept. for סֹחֵד and רֹכֵל.) From en and the base of poreuomai; a (wholesale) tradesman -- merchant. see GREEK en see GREEK poreuomai Englishman's Concordance Matthew 13:45 N-DMSGRK: οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐμπόρῳ ζητοῦντι καλοὺς NAS: is like a merchant seeking KJV: is like unto a merchant man, seeking INT: heavens a man a merchant seeking beautiful Revelation 18:3 N-NMP Revelation 18:11 N-NMP Revelation 18:15 N-NMP Revelation 18:23 N-NMP Strong's Greek 1713 |