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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ἔμπορος G1713
Pronunciation émporos
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 It merchants 4× Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:23
a merchant 1× Matthew 13:45
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:45 ἐμπόρῳ to a merchant Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Revelation 18:3 ἔμποροι to merchants Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 18:11 ἔμποροι to merchants Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 18:15 ἔμποροι to merchants Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 18:23 ἔμποροί to merchants Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:45
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Revelation 4
Source forms
ἔμποροι 3x emporoi Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15
ἔμποροί 1x emporoi Revelation 18:23
ἐμπόρῳ 1x emporō Matthew 13:45
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 4x Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:23
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 13:45
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a (wholesale) tradesman
Strong's G1713
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a (wholesale) tradesman
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 13:45 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἐμπόρῳ emporw
a merchant, trader
Read verse Revelation 18:3 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροι emporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verse Revelation 18:11 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροι emporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verse Revelation 18:15 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροι emporoi
a merchant, trader
Read verse Revelation 18:23 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔμποροί emporoi
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rev 18:3 · Rev 18:11 · Rev 18:15 · Rev 18:23 4×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:45 1×
Word Origins
ἔμπορος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain