STRONGS G59:
ἀγοράζω; [imperfect
ἠγόραζον; future
ἀγοράσω]; 1 aorist
ἠγόρασα; passive, perfect participle
ἠγορασμένος; 1 aorist
ἠγοράσθην; (
ἀγορά);
1. to frequent the marketplace.
2. to buy (properly, in the marketplace) [
Aristophanes, Xenophon, others]; used
a. literally: absolutely,
Matthew 21:12;
Mark 11:15;
Luke 19:45 [not G T Tr WH];
τί,
Matthew 13:44,
46;
Matthew 14:15 and parallel passage,
John 4:8;
John 6:5; with
παρά and the genitive of the person from whom,
Revelation 3:18 [
Sept., Polybius];
ἐκ and the genitive of price,
Matthew 27:7; simple genitive of price,
Mark 6:37.
b. figuratively: Christ is said to have purchased his disciples i. e. made them, as it were, his private property,
1 Corinthians 6:20 [this is commonly understood of
God; but cf.
John 17:9,
10];
1 Corinthians 7:23 (with the genitive of price added; see
τιμή, 1);
2 Peter 2:1. He is also said to have bought them for God
ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ, by shedding his blood,
Revelation 5:9; they, too, are spoken of as purchased
ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς,
Revelation 14:3, and
ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
Revelation 14:4, so that they are withdrawn from the earth (and its miseries) and from (wicked) men. But
ἀγοράζω does not mean
redeem (
ἐξαγοράζω) — as is commonly said.
[Compare:
ἐξαγοράζω.]
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