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Word study · Greek

agorázō

to buy

Say it: ag-or-AD-zo (approximate)

ἀγοράζω

What it means

To buy in the marketplace (agora). Paul uses it for being "bought with a price" (6:20; 7:23), a picture of redemption that would be easily understood in a city with a slave market.

Range of meaning

  • BuyPurchase in the market.
  • RedeemBuy out of slavery.

In 1 Corinthians

  • Chapter 6

    "You were bought with a price" (6:20).

  • Chapter 7

    "You were bought with a price" (7:23).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G0059 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources