Matthew 11:16
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
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ἀγορά
agorá · ag-or-ah'
4 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare
Strong's KJV usage: :--market(-place), street.
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Strong's first: Matthew 11:16Strong's last: Luke 20:46
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But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
G58
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
G58
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
G58
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
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market
M'ARKET, noun [Latin mercatus, from mercor, to buy.]
1. A public place in a city or town, where provisions or cattle are exposed to sale; an appointed place for selling and buying at private sale, a distinguished from an auction.
2. A public building in which provisions are exposed to sale; a market-house.
3. Sale; the exchange of provisions or goods for money; purchase or rate of purchase and sale. The seller says he comes to a bad market when the buyer says he comes to a good market We say, the markets are low or high; by which we understand the price or rate of purchase. We say that commodities find a quick or ready market; markets are dull. We are not able to find a market for our goods or provisions.
4. Place of sale; as the British market; the American market
5. The privilege of keeping a public market
M'ARKET, verb intransitive To deal in market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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