What does "Marketplaces" mean in the Bible?
Marketplaces any open place of public resort in cities or towns where public trials and assemblies were held and goods were exposed for sale. “The market-places or bazaars of the East were, and are at this day, the constant resort of unoccupied people, the idle, the news-mongers.”—Hackett s Ill. Marketplaces appears in 6 verses across 3 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Marketplaces?
(Matthew 20:3; Mark 12:38; Luke 7:35; Acts 16:19) (any open place of public resort in cities or towns where public trials and assemblies were held and goods were exposed for sale. “The market-places or bazaars of the East were, and are at this day, the constant resort of unoccupied people, the idle, the news-mongers.”—Hackett s Ill. S.S.—ED.)
Definition text: Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Marketplaces?
Greek · G58
ἀγορά
agora
marketplace
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Marketplaces appear in the Bible?
Marketplaces is referenced in 6 verses across 3 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Luke 11:43
- Luke 20:46
- Matthew 11:16
- Matthew 23:7
- Mark 6:56
- Mark 12:38
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Marketplaces.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Marketplaces?
Marketplaces appears in 6 verses across 3 books, most often in Luke, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Marketplaces?
Luke, Matthew, Mark.
Where can I read every verse about Marketplaces?
This page lists 6 of them. Protos carries all 6, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
