King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G58
Transliteration: agora
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-or-ah')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an assembly, place of assembly
Meaning: an assembly, place of assembly
ἀγορά, (ᾶς, ἡ (ἀγείρω, perfect ἤγορα, to collect) (from Homer down);
Word Summary
agora: an assembly, place of assembly
Original Word: ἀγοράTransliteration: agora
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-or-ah')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an assembly, place of assembly
Meaning: an assembly, place of assembly
Strong's Concordance
marketplace, street. From ageiro (to gather; probably akin to egeiro); properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare -- market(-place), street.
see GREEK egeiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 58: ἀγοράἀγορά, (ᾶς, ἡ (ἀγείρω, perfect ἤγορα, to collect) (from Homer 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 16:19; and the citizens resort, Acts 17:17; and commodities are exposed for sale, Mark 7:4 (ἀπ' ἀγορᾶς namely, ἐλθόντες on returning from the market if they hare not washed themselves they eat not; Winer's Grammar, § 66, 2 d. note); accordingly, the most frequented part of a city or village: Matthew 11:16 (Luke 7:32); Mark 6:56; Matthew 20:3; Matthew 23:7; Mark 12:38; (Luke 11:43); Luke 20:46. (See B. D. American edition under the word