What does ἔμπορος (émporos) mean in the Bible?
ἔμπορος (émporos) is a Greek word meaning "a (wholesale) tradesman".
Greek · G1713
ἔμπορος
A (wholesale) tradesman
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ἔμποροςG1713
Pronunciationémporos
What does ἔμπορος (émporos) mean in the Bible?
ἔμπορος (émporos) is a Greek word meaning "a (wholesale) tradesman".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1713?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include merchants (4), a merchant (1).
Where does ἔμπορος (émporos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:45. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itmerchants4×Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:23
a merchant1×Matthew 13:45
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:45ἐμπόρῳtoa merchantNoun - Dative Masculine SingularRevelation 18:3ἔμποροιtomerchantsNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralRevelation 18:11ἔμποροιtomerchantsNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralRevelation 18:15ἔμποροιtomerchantsNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralRevelation 18:23ἔμποροίtomerchantsNoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 13:45
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Matthew1Revelation4
Source forms
ἔμποροι3xemporoiRevelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15
ἔμποροί1xemporoiRevelation 18:23
ἐμπόρῳ1xemporōMatthew 13:45
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural4xRevelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:23
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xMatthew 13:45
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a (wholesale) tradesman
Strong'sG1713
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms2 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a (wholesale) tradesman
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:45Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἐμπόρῳemporw
a merchant, trader
Read verseRevelation 18:3Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροιemporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verseRevelation 18:11Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροιemporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verseRevelation 18:15Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροιemporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verseRevelation 18:23Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροίemporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (4)Number patternPlural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineRev 18:3 · Rev 18:11 · Rev 18:15 · Rev 18:234×
Dative · Singular · MasculineMatt 13:451×
Word Origins
ἔμπορος is built from these roots: