- ἐμπορεύομαι
- ἐμπορεύομαι (s. three next entries) fut. ἐμπορεύσομαι; in gener lit. both in the sense of travel and of traveling for business reasons, but in our lit. only in commercial sense① to carry on an activity involving buying and selling, be in business intr. carry on business (since Thu. 7, 13, 2; SIG 1166, 1; Sb 9066 I, 12; Ezk 27:13; TestJob) Js 4:13.② to engage w. someone in a business transaction, buy and sell, trade in (oft. w. acc. of thing as obj. [Philo, Vi. Cont. 89; Jos., Bell. 1, 514, Ant. 4, 134]; rarely w. acc. of pers., cp. Achilles Tat. 8, 10, 11; Athen. 13, 25, 569f Ἀσπασία [a procurer] ἐνεπορεύετο πλήθη καλῶν γυναικῶν; Pr 3:14) in a neg. sense of misrepresentation of merchandise ὑμᾶς ἐμπορεύσονται they will exploit you 2 Pt 2:3 (cp. vs. 1 τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς δεσπότην; on the theme of clever use of words s. Thu. 38, 12, 10).—B. 819. DELG s.v. ἔμπορος. M-M.
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