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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἐμπορεύομαι

Strong’s: G1710

Associated OET lemmas: ἐμπορεύομαι

Notes: In contexts outside the NT ἐμπορεύομαι may refer to the process of selling cheap merchandise at a high price, and accordingly the feature of exaggerating the value of something is evidently an important component of meaning of ἐμπορεύομαι in RV PE2 2:3 · LV PE2 2:3 · Read together PE2 2:3.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: πορεύομαι

Sense 1: to be in business, to engage in a business, to trade, business

Semantic entry: 57.196

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Earn, Gain, Do Business

Definition: to carry on a business involving buying and selling

JAM 4:13: RV JAM 4:13 · LV JAM 4:13 · Read together JAM 4:13

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OET-RV JAM 4:13

13 Now you all might say, ‘Today or tomorrow we’ll go into the city to work there for a year and do some trading to make some money.’

OET-LV JAM 4:13

13 Be_come now, you_all saying:
Today or tomorrow, we_will_be_going into this the city, and we_will_be_working there a_year, and we_will_be_merchandising, and we_will_be_profiting.

Sense 2: to exploit, to exploit by deception, to cheat

Semantic entry: 88.148

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Exploit

Definition: to take advantage of someone by implying that what is offered is more valuable than it is

PE2 2:3: RV PE2 2:3 · LV PE2 2:3 · Read together PE2 2:3

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OET-RV PE2 2:3

3 They will exploit you with greed and made-up words but the judgement of old won’t be idle and their destroyer won’t be sleeping.

OET-LV PE2 2:3

3 And in greediness they_will_be_merchandising you_all with_fabricated messages, for_whom the judgement anciently is_ not _idling, and the destruction of_them is_ not _nodding_off.