UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: market, marketplace, business center

Semantic entry: 57.207

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Earn, Gain, Do Business

Definition: a commercial center with a number of places for doing business

Notes: ἀγορά differs in meaning from ἐμπόριον (57.206: ἐμπόριον) in that the focus is upon a commercial center involving a number of places for doing business. The term ἐμπόριον may be used to refer to the same type of geographical location, but the focus is upon the activity and not the place.