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ἠγόραζον, ἐπώλουν, ἐφύτευον, ᾠκοδόμουν

To buy · to sell · to plant · to build

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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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πωλέω G4453 to sell
Pronunciation pōléō
To sell by exchanging goods for money; used literally and metaphorically for surrendering possessions.
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φυτεύω G5452 to plant
Pronunciation phyteúō
To plant something deliberately for future growth; used metaphorically for establishing spiritual foundations.
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οἰκοδομέω G3618 to build
Pronunciation oikodoméō
To build up spiritually or morally, strengthening Christian character and community maturity
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What does ἠγόραζον, ἐπώλουν, ἐφύτευον, ᾠκοδόμουν (ēgorazon, epōloun, ephyteuon, ōkodomoun) mean in the Bible?

ἀγοράζω · πωλέω · φυτεύω · οἰκοδομέω is a Greek word meaning "they were buying, selling, planting, building".

Full entry for ἠγόραζον, ἐπώλουν, ἐφύτευον, ᾠκοδόμουν (G59, G4453, G5452, G3618) · Browse the biblical lexicon

Meaning

they were buying, selling, planting, building
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Present Imperfect Perfect
Voices
Active Passive
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 6×
Aorist Active Matt 14:15 · Mark 6:36 · John 4:8 · Mark 6:37 · Luke 9:13 · John 6:5 6×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Aorist Active Matt 25:10 · Rev 3:18 · Rev 13:17 3×
Indicative states a fact or reality 12×
Aorist Active Matt 27:7 · Mark 16:1 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 14:19 · Matt 13:46 · Rev 5:9 6×
Aorist Passive 1 Cor 6:20 · 1 Cor 7:23 · Rev 14:4 3×
Present Active Matt 13:44 · Rev 18:11 2×
Imperfect Active Luke 17:28 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 6×
Present Active Matt 21:12 · Mark 11:15 · 1 Cor 7:30 3×
Aorist Active Mark 15:46 · 2 Pet 2:1 2×
Perfect Passive Rev 14:3 1×
Imperative command or strong request 3×
Aorist Active Matt 25:9 · Luke 22:36 · John 13:29 3×
30 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 40 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 7 ongoing 10 prospective 5 resultant 1 imperative 1 background 1 subjunctive 1 infinitive 5 participle 9
Tense
present 21 aorist 11 future 5 pluperfect 1 perfect 1 imperfect 1
Voice
active 33 passive 7
Mood
indicative 24 participle 9 infinitive 5 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 7:24 ᾠκοδόμησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 7:26 ᾠκοδόμησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 16:18 οἰκοδομήσω future active indicative prospective Matthew 21:33 ᾠκοδόμησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:42 οἰκοδομοῦντες present active participle participle Matthew 23:29 οἰκοδομεῖτε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 26:61 οἰκοδομῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 27:40 οἰκοδομῶν present active participle participle Mark 12:1 ᾠκοδόμησεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:10 οἰκοδομοῦντες present active participle participle Mark 14:58 οἰκοδομήσω future active indicative prospective Mark 15:29 οἰκοδομῶν present active participle participle Luke 4:29 ᾠκοδόμητο pluperfect passive indicative resultant Luke 6:48 οἰκοδομοῦντι present active participle participle Luke 6:48 οἰκοδομῆσθαι perfect passive infinitive infinitive Luke 6:49 οἰκοδομήσαντι aorist active participle participle Luke 7:5 ᾠκοδόμησεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 11:47 οἰκοδομεῖτε present active indicative ongoing Luke 11:48 οἰκοδομεῖτε present active indicative ongoing Luke 12:18 οἰκοδομήσω future active indicative prospective Luke 14:28 οἰκοδομῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 14:30 οἰκοδομεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 17:28 ᾠκοδόμουν imperfect active indicative background Luke 20:17 οἰκοδομοῦντες present active participle participle John 2:20 οἰκοδομήθη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 7:47 οἰκοδόμησεν aorist active indicative completed Acts 7:49 οἰκοδομήσετέ future active indicative prospective Acts 9:31 οἰκοδομουμένη present passive participle participle Acts 20:32 οἰκοδομῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Romans 15:20 οἰκοδομῶ present active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 8:1 οἰκοδομεῖ present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 8:10 οἰκοδομηθήσεται future passive indicative prospective 1 Corinthians 10:23 οἰκοδομεῖ present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 14:17 οἰκοδομεῖται present passive indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 14:4 οἰκοδομεῖ present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 14:4 οἰκοδομεῖ present active indicative ongoing Galatians 2:18 οἰκοδομῶ present active indicative ongoing 1 Thessalonians 5:11 οἰκοδομεῖτε present active imperative imperative 1 Peter 2:5 οἰκοδομεῖσθε present passive indicative ongoing 1 Peter 2:7 οἰκοδομοῦντες present active participle participle

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)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 10 — Learn from Israel, Flee Idolatry, and Seek the Good of Others for God’s Glory 1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order 1 Corinthians 6 — Judge Righteously, Flee Sexual Immorality, and Glorify God in Your Body 1 Corinthians 8 — Knowledge, Love, and the Weak Brother in a World of Idols Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Acts 9 — The Risen Christ Converts His Fiercest Persecutor Mark 11 — The King Comes to Jerusalem: Fig Tree, Temple Judgment, Faith, Forgiveness, and Authority Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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