UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to buy, to purchase

Semantic entry: 57.188

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Sell, Buy, Price

Definition: to acquire possessions or services in exchange for money

MAT 13:44: RV MAT 13:44 · LV MAT 13:44 · Read together MAT 13:44

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OET-RV MAT 13:44

44 “The heavenly kingdom is like a field that had had treasure hidden in it. When someone found the treasure, they hid it again, and with great excitement went and sold everything they had so they could buy that field.

OET-LV MAT 13:44

44 The kingdom of _the heavens is similar to _treasure having _been _hidden in the field, which a_man having _found hid, and from the joy of _it is _going and is _selling all as _much _as he _is _having, and is _buying the that field.

MAT 13:46: RV MAT 13:46 · LV MAT 13:46 · Read together MAT 13:46

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OET-RV MAT 13:46

46 and when they found one outstanding pearl, they went and sold everything they had so they could buy that pearl.

OET-LV MAT 13:46

46 and having _found one precious pearl, having _gone _away, he _has _sold all things as _many _as he _was _having, and bought it.

All 24 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:44 · RV MAT 13:46 · RV MAT 14:15 · RV MAT 21:12 · RV MAT 25:9–10 · RV MAT 27:7 · LV MAT 13:44 · LV MAT 13:46 · LV MAT 14:15 · LV MAT 21:12 · LV MAT 25:9–10 · LV MAT 27:7 · Read together MAT 13:44 · Read together MAT 13:46 · Read together MAT 14:15 · Read together MAT 21:12 · Read together MAT 25:9–10 · Read together MAT 27:7

MRK: RV MRK 6:36–37 · RV MRK 11:15 · RV MRK 15:46 · RV MRK 16:1 · LV MRK 6:36–37 · LV MRK 11:15 · LV MRK 15:46 · LV MRK 16:1 · Read together MRK 6:36–37 · Read together MRK 11:15 · Read together MRK 15:46 · Read together MRK 16:1

LUK: RV LUK 9:13 · RV LUK 14:18–19 · RV LUK 17:28 · RV LUK 22:36 · LV LUK 9:13 · LV LUK 14:18–19 · LV LUK 17:28 · LV LUK 22:36 · Read together LUK 9:13 · Read together LUK 14:18–19 · Read together LUK 17:28 · Read together LUK 22:36

JHN: RV JHN 4:8 · RV JHN 6:5 · RV JHN 13:29 · LV JHN 4:8 · LV JHN 6:5 · LV JHN 13:29 · Read together JHN 4:8 · Read together JHN 6:5 · Read together JHN 13:29

CO1: RV CO1 7:30 · LV CO1 7:30 · Read together CO1 7:30

REV: RV REV 3:18 · RV REV 13:17 · RV REV 18:11 · LV REV 3:18 · LV REV 13:17 · LV REV 18:11 · Read together REV 3:18 · Read together REV 13:17 · Read together REV 18:11

Sense 2: to redeem, to set free

Semantic entry: 37.131

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Release, Set Free

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of ἀγοράζω[a] ‘to buy,’ 57.188: ἀγοράζω / 57.188: ὠνέομαι) to cause the release or freedom of someone by a means which proves costly to the individual causing the release

Notes: A literal rendering of ἀγοράζω[b] or ἐξαγοράζω as ‘to release by means of paying a price’ can be misinterpreted in the sense that Christ actually engaged in some kind of monetary transaction. A literal translation may also lead to the mistaken interpretation, which was widespread in the Middle Ages, that in redeeming the believers God actually paid a price to the Devil. Obviously, ἀγοράζω in RV CO1 6:20 · LV CO1 6:20 · Read together CO1 6:20 and ἐξαγοράζω in RV GAL 3:13 · LV GAL 3:13 · Read together GAL 3:13 must be understood in a figurative sense.

CO1 6:20: RV CO1 6:20 · LV CO1 6:20 · Read together CO1 6:20

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OET-RV CO1 6:20

20 because a price was paid to buy you, so honour God with your bodies.

OET-LV CO1 6:20