ἐμπορεύομαι
emporeuomai · trade, exploit
Greek word · Strong’s number G1710 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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emporeuomai (ἐμπορεύομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “trade, exploit”.
Trade, do business; also exploit someone for gain.
How to say it
em·po·reu·o·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To buy and sell for profit.
- To exploit others for profit.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- do business ×1
- they will make merchandise of ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- James 4:13
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit,
- 2 Peter 2:3
And in greed with made-up words they will make merchandise of you. For them the judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.