ἀγοράζω

Matthew 13:44 ἀγοράζει buys

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Here: Vivid present: he buys, in an ordinary market purchase. Owning the land makes the treasure in it legally his.

Matthew 13:46 ἠγόρασεν he bought

When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

Here: 'He bought.' An ordinary market word (from agora, 'marketplace'). The story ends with the deal done and the pearl his. In Matthew this verb always means literal buying.

Matthew 14:15 ἀγοράσωσιν they may buy

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Here: "They may buy". The word comes from agora, the marketplace. The disciples' solution is a purchase, and Jesus answers it with a gift (v.16).

Matthew 21:12 ἀγοράζοντας buying

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

Here: From agora, 'marketplace.' The buyers were ordinary worshippers and pilgrims buying what they needed to offer sacrifice, and they were thrown out too.

Matthew 25:9 ἀγοράσατε do buy

‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

Here: 'Buy!' A one-off command: go and make the purchase. The word means plain market buying, from agora, 'marketplace'.

Matthew 25:10 ἀγοράσαι to buy

But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

Here: Infinitive of purpose, 'to buy'. The word comes from agora, the marketplace: they are off doing ordinary commerce, trying to obtain at the last minute what they should already have had.

Matthew 27:7 ἠγόρασαν they bought

After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

Here: An ordinary market purchase, done once and finished. The subject is the chief priests (with the elders), not Judas.

Mark 6:36 ἀγοράσωσιν they may buy

Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

Mark 6:37 ἀγοράσωμεν shall we buy

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

Here: 'Shall we buy?' The form expresses deliberation: 'Is this what you want us to do?' The disciples are still thinking in market terms. The word comes from agora, the marketplace.

Mark 11:15 ἀγοράζοντας buying

When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

Here: The customers, mostly ordinary pilgrims buying offerings. Including them shows that Jesus was stopping the trade itself, not only punishing dishonest dealers.

Mark 15:46 ἀγοράσας having bought

So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Mark 16:1 ἠγόρασαν bought

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

Here: An ordinary verb for buying at market, used of a single completed act: "they bought". The verse places the purchase after the Sabbath ended, i.e. on Saturday evening.

Luke 9:13 ἀγοράσωμεν shall buy

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

Here: 'Buy at market' (from agora, marketplace). The disciples can only think of the market economy as the way to get food, and the cost would be enormous (Mark 6:37 puts it at 200 denarii).

Luke 14:18 ἠγόρασα I have bought

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

Here: A past tense: the purchase is already done. That undercuts the urgency he claims, since buyers normally inspected land before buying it, not after.

Luke 14:19 ἠγόρασα I have bought

Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

Luke 17:28 ἠγόραζον, they were buying,

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

Luke 22:36 ἀγορασάτω he should buy

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

John 4:8 ἀγοράσωσιν. they may buy.

(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

Here: To purchase, literally to do business at the agora, the marketplace. Jewish disciples are buying from Samaritan sellers. That quiet detail sits in tension with the next verse's remark that Jews do not share things with Samaritans.

John 6:5 ἀγοράσωμεν we may buy

When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

Here: 'Are we to buy?' This form asks what should be done, not what will happen. 'We' includes Jesus with his disciples. The verb pictures the agora, the marketplace, which is exactly what a hillside crowd has no access to.

John 13:29 ἀγόρασον do buy

Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

Here: A direct command, 'Buy!', as the disciples imagined Jesus's instruction. It comes from agora, the market. The irony is sharp: Judas is in fact going off to a transaction of a very different kind.

1 Corinthians 6:20 ἠγοράσθητε you were bought

you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Here: "You were bought." The word comes from agora, the marketplace, and here it calls up a slave sale. The past tense points to one completed purchase, and the passive leaves the buyer unnamed: it is plainly God. Paul puts it first for emphasis.

1 Corinthians 7:23 ἠγοράσθητε· you were bought;

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

Here: "You were bought": past tense and passive, describing one finished purchase made by someone else (God, through Christ's death). The verb comes from agora, the marketplace, and was the everyday word for buying goods, slaves included. Its point is that ownership has changed hands.

1 Corinthians 7:30 ἀγοράζοντες buying

those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

2 Peter 2:1 ἀγοράσαντα having bought

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

Here: 'Having bought'. This is the ordinary marketplace word, often used for buying slaves. It describes a completed purchase that makes them his property.

Revelation 3:18 ἀγοράσαι to buy

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

Here: A word from the agora, the marketplace. It is the language of trade, aimed at a church in a commercial and banking city, and spoken to people just told they are 'poor' (v.17). The paradox echoes Isaiah 55:1, 'come, buy… without money'.

Revelation 5:9 ἠγόρασας You purchased

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Here: A marketplace verb (from agora, 'market'): to buy, and often to buy slaves. People are transferred into new ownership, God's.

Revelation 13:17 ἀγοράσαι to buy

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Revelation 14:3 ἠγορασμένοι redeemed

And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

Here: "Having been bought". The perfect tense means a past purchase with lasting effect: they have been bought and now belong to someone. It is market language, echoing 5:9 ("you bought people for God with your blood").

Revelation 14:4 ἠγοράσθησαν were redeemed

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

Here: "Were bought." It is a marketplace verb (agora = market) and echoes 5:9: "you purchased for God by your blood people from every tribe." They now belong to a new owner.

Revelation 18:11 ἀγοράζει buys

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

Here: The ordinary word for buying in the agora, the marketplace. Elsewhere in Revelation the same verb is used for Christ's 'purchasing' of people (5:9; 14:3–4), and the beast's economy decides who may 'buy or sell' (13:17). Here buying has simply stopped.