Greek · G4453, G59 · unreviewed

πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας

To sell · to buy

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πωλέω G4453 to sell
Pronunciation pōléō
To sell by exchanging goods for money; used literally and metaphorically for surrendering possessions.
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ἀγοράζω G59 to buy
Pronunciation agorázō
To buy, especially with redemptive connotation in NT: Christ purchasing believers through sacrifice.
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What does πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας (pōlountas kai agorazontas) mean in the Bible?

πωλέω · ἀγοράζω is a Greek word meaning "selling and buying".

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Meaning

selling and buying
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Present Aorist Imperfect
Voices
Active Passive
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 11×
Present Active Matt 21:12 · Matt 25:9 · Mark 11:15 · Luke 19:45 · John 2:14 · John 2:16 · Acts 4:34
Aorist Active Acts 4:37
Present Passive 1 Cor 10:25
Imperative command or strong request
Aorist Active Matt 19:21 · Mark 10:21 · Luke 18:22 · Luke 12:33 · Luke 22:36
Indicative states a fact or reality
Present Passive Matt 10:29 · Luke 12:6
Present Active Matt 13:44
Imperfect Active Luke 17:28
Aorist Active Acts 5:1
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract
Aorist Active Rev 13:17
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 29 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 9 ongoing 2 imperative 3 background 1 subjunctive 6 infinitive 3 participle 5
Tense
aorist 23 present 4 imperfect 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 25 passive 4
Mood
indicative 12 subjunctive 6 participle 5 imperative 3 infinitive 3
NT Occurrences
Matthew 13:44 ἀγοράζει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:46 ἠγόρασεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:15 ἀγοράσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 25:10 ἀγοράσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 25:9 ἀγοράσατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 27:7 ἠγόρασαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 6:36 ἀγοράσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 6:37 ἀγοράσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 11:15 ἀγοράζοντας present active participle participle Mark 15:46 ἀγοράσας aorist active participle participle Mark 16:1 ἠγόρασαν aorist active indicative completed Luke 9:13 ἀγοράσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 14:18 ἠγόρασα aorist active indicative completed Luke 14:19 ἠγόρασα aorist active indicative completed Luke 17:28 ἠγόραζον imperfect active indicative background Luke 22:36 ἀγορασάτω aorist active imperative imperative John 4:8 ἀγοράσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 6:5 ἀγοράσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 13:29 Ἀγόρασον aorist active imperative imperative 1 Corinthians 6:20 ἠγοράσθητε aorist passive indicative completed 1 Corinthians 7:23 ἠγοράσθητε aorist passive indicative completed 1 Corinthians 7:30 ἀγοράζοντες present active participle participle 2 Peter 2:1 ἀγοράσαντα aorist active participle participle Revelation 3:18 ἀγοράσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Revelation 5:9 ἠγόρασας aorist active indicative completed Revelation 13:17 ἀγοράσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Revelation 14:3 ἠγορασμένοι perfect passive participle participle Revelation 14:4 ἠγοράσθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Revelation 18:11 ἀγοράζει present active indicative ongoing

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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