Agora means “street” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H58 — abel (“meadow”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G58 ἀγορά (agora) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. agora (ag-or-ah') n. 1. (properly) the town-square (as a place of public resort) 2. (by implication) a market or thoroughfare It has 22 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include markets and market. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
agora (ag-or-ah') n. 1. (properly) the town-square (as a place of public resort) 2. (by implication) a market or thoroughfare [from ageiro, "to gather" (probably akin to G1453)] KJV: market(-place), street See also: G1453
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G58. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
marketplace
Usage: ἀγορά, -ας, ἡ (ἀγείρω, to bring together) [in LXX for עִזָּבוֹן, שׁוּק ;] __1. an assembly (Hom., Xen., al.). __2. a place of assembly, a public place or forum, a market-place (Hom., Thuc, al.; LXX): Mat.11:16 20:2 23:7, Mrk.6:56 (cf . MM, VGT, see word, ἀγυιά) 7:4 (Bl., §46, 7) 12:38, Luk.7:32 (Bl., l.with) 11:43 20:46, Act.16:19 17:7 (Cremer, 59; MM, VGT, see word). † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render agora, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G58 (ἀγορά) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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11 indexed usages in New Testament.
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, Because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; And he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, And all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
And they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, And the almond tree shall blossom, And the locust shall increase, And the caper shall be scattered: Because man has gone to his eternal home, And the mourners have gone about the market:
I will rise now, and go about in the city, In the marketplaces, and in the streets, And I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried away, were five thousand four hundred threescore and nine.
But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.
but the altars which the heathen had built in the open street, and also the chapels, they pulled down.
First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G58.
And they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, Because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; And he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, And all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
And they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, And the almond tree shall blossom, And the locust shall increase, And the caper shall be scattered: Because man has gone to his eternal home, And the mourners have gone about the market:
I will rise now, and go about in the city, In the marketplaces, and in the streets, And I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.
The Carthaginians were thy merchants because of the abundance of all thy strength; they furnished thy market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.
Out of the house of Togarmah horses and horsemen furnished thy market.
even men as thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading population, myrrh and embroidered works from Tarshish: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.
Out of Uzqal came wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading population.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, these were thy merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to thy market.
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried away, were five thousand four hundred threescore and nine.
But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.
but the altars which the heathen had built in the open street, and also the chapels, they pulled down.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G58, grouped by book.
Agora (Strong's G58) is a Greek word most simply glossed "street". agora (ag-or-ah') n. 1. (properly) the town-square (as a place of public resort) 2. (by implication) a market or thoroughfare
This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's G58 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G58 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as markets and market. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G58, with linked reader references where each row is available.