What does ἀγορά (agorá) mean in the Bible?
ἀγορά (agorá): Public gathering place where commerce, social interaction, and civic announcements naturally converged.
Greek · G58
ἀγορά
Marketplace
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ἀγορά G58
Pronunciation agorá
What does ἀγορά (agorá) mean in the Bible?
ἀγορά (agorá): Public gathering place where commerce, social interaction, and civic announcements naturally converged.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G58?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include marketplaces (6), marketplace (3), [the] marketplace (1), the market (1).
Where does ἀγορά (agorá) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Mark (3), Matthew (3), Acts (2).
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 marketplaces 6× Matthew 11:16, Matthew 23:7, Mark 6:56, Mark 12:38
marketplace 3× Matthew 20:3, Acts 16:19, Acts 17:17
[the] marketplace 1× Luke 7:32
the market 1× Mark 7:4
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 11:16 ἀγοραῖς to marketplaces Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Matthew 20:3 ἀγορᾷ to marketplace Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Matthew 23:7 ἀγοραῖς to marketplaces Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Mark 6:56 ἀγοραῖς to marketplaces Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Mark 7:4 ἀγορᾶς to the market Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 12:38 ἀγοραῖς to marketplaces Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Luke 7:32 ἀγορᾷ to [the] marketplace Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 11:43 ἀγοραῖς to marketplaces Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Luke 20:46 ἀγοραῖς to marketplaces Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Acts 16:19 ἀγορὰν to marketplace Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:16
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 4
Matthew 3 Mark 3 Luke 3 Acts 2
Source forms
ἀγοραῖς 6x agorais Matthew 11:16, Matthew 23:7, Mark 6:56, Mark 12:38
ἀγορᾷ 3x agora Matthew 20:3, Luke 7:32, Acts 17:17
ἀγορὰν 1x agoran Acts 16:19
ἀγορᾶς 1x agoras Mark 7:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 6x Matthew 11:16, Matthew 23:7, Mark 6:56, Mark 12:38
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 20:3, Luke 7:32, Acts 17:17
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 16:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Mark 7:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Public gathering place where commerce, social interaction, and civic announcements naturally converged.
Strong's G58
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 4 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
marketplace
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:16 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀγοραῖς agoraiv
market-place
Read verse Matthew 20:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀγορᾷ agora
market-place
Read verse Matthew 23:7 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀγοραῖς, agoraiv
market-place
Read verse Mark 6:56 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀγοραῖς agoraiv
market-place
Read verse Mark 7:4 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀγορᾶς, agorav
market-place
Read verse Mark 12:38 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀγοραῖς, agoraiv
market-place
Read verse Luke 7:32 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀγορᾷ agora
market-place
Read verse Luke 11:43 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀγοραῖς. agoraiv
market-place
Read verse Luke 20:46 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἀγοραῖς, agoraiv
market-place
Read verse Acts 16:19 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀγορὰν agoran
market-place
Read verse Acts 17:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀγορᾷ agora
market-place
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Dative (9) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 7:4 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:16 · Matt 23:7 · Mark 6:56 · Mark 12:38 · Luke 11:43 · Luke 20:46 6×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:3 · Luke 7:32 · Acts 17:17 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 16:19 1×
Word Origins
ἀγορά is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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