What does πωλέω · ἀγοράζω mean in the Bible?
πωλέω · ἀγοράζω is a Greek phrase meaning "selling and buying".
Greek · G4453, G59
πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας
To sell · to buy
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πωλέω G4453 to sell
Pronunciation pōléō
To sell by exchanging goods for money; used literally and metaphorically for surrendering possessions.
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ἀγοράζω G59 to buy
Pronunciation agorázō
To buy, especially with redemptive connotation in NT: Christ purchasing believers through sacrifice.
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What does πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας (pōlountas kai agorazontas) mean in the Bible?
πωλέω · ἀγοράζω is a Greek phrase meaning "selling and buying".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4453, G59?
G4453, G59 is connected to 22 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. selling and buying
Source Gloss
selling and buying
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 22 Tenses Present, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 11×
Present Active Matt 21:12 · Matt 25:9 · Mark 11:15 · Luke 19:45 · John 2:14 · John 2:16 · Acts 4:34 9×
Aorist Active Acts 4:37 1×
Present Passive 1 Cor 10:25 1×
Imperative command or strong request 5×
Aorist Active Matt 19:21 · Mark 10:21 · Luke 18:22 · Luke 12:33 · Luke 22:36 5×
Indicative states a fact or reality 5×
Present Passive Matt 10:29 · Luke 12:6 2×
Present Active Matt 13:44 1×
Imperfect Active Luke 17:28 1×
Aorist Active Acts 5:1 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Rev 13:17 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 29 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 23 present 4 imperfect 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 25 passive 4
Mood
indicative 12 subjunctive 6 participle 5 imperative 3 infinitive 3
NT Occurrences
Matthew 13:44 ἀγοράζει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:46 ἠγόρασεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:15 ἀγοράσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 25:10 ἀγοράσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 25:9 ἀγοράσατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 27:7 ἠγόρασαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 6:36 ἀγοράσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 6:37 ἀγοράσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 11:15 ἀγοράζοντας present active participle participle Mark 15:46 ἀγοράσας aorist active participle participle Mark 16:1 ἠγόρασαν aorist active indicative completed Luke 9:13 ἀγοράσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 14:18 ἠγόρασα aorist active indicative completed Luke 14:19 ἠγόρασα aorist active indicative completed Luke 17:28 ἠγόραζον imperfect active indicative background Luke 22:36 ἀγορασάτω aorist active imperative imperative John 4:8 ἀγοράσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 6:5 ἀγοράσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 13:29 Ἀγόρασον aorist active imperative imperative 1 Corinthians 6:20 ἠγοράσθητε aorist passive indicative completed 1 Corinthians 7:23 ἠγοράσθητε aorist passive indicative completed 1 Corinthians 7:30 ἀγοράζοντες present active participle participle 2 Peter 2:1 ἀγοράσαντα aorist active participle participle Revelation 3:18 ἀγοράσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Revelation 5:9 ἠγόρασας aorist active indicative completed Revelation 13:17 ἀγοράσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Revelation 14:3 ἠγορασμένοι perfect passive participle participle Revelation 14:4 ἠγοράσθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Revelation 18:11 ἀγοράζει present active indicative ongoing
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
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