King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G1713
Transliteration: emporos
Phonetic Spelling: (em'-por-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a passenger on shipboard, a merchant
Meaning: a passenger on shipboard, a merchant
ἔμπορος (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμπόρου, ὁ (πόρος);
Word Summary
emporos: a passenger on shipboard, a merchant
Original Word: ἔμποροςTransliteration: emporos
Phonetic Spelling: (em'-por-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a passenger on shipboard, a merchant
Meaning: a passenger on shipboard, a merchant
Strong's Concordance
merchant. From en and the base of poreuomai; a (wholesale) tradesman -- merchant.
see GREEK en
see GREEK poreuomai
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.)