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Strong's G59 ἀγοράζω (agorazo)

Agorazo means “redeem” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H59 — abel in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G59
Language Greek
Linked Usages 54
Books 19

Strong's G59 Quick Answer

Strong's G59 ἀγοράζω (agorazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. agorazo (ag-or-ad'-zo) v. 1. (properly) to go to market 2. (by implication) to purchase It has 54 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include go, buy, went, redeemed, and buyeth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
agorazo (ag-or-ad'-zo) v. 1. (properly) to go to market 2. (by implication) to purchase
Usage
54 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
go, buy, went, redeemed, and buyeth

Meaning and Definition

agorazo (ag-or-ad'-zo) v. 1. (properly) to go to market 2. (by implication) to purchase 3. (specially) to redeem [from G58] KJV: buy, redeem Root(s): G58

Original Word
ἀγοράζω
Transliteration
agorazo
Derivation
Root: ἀγορά R1: 58
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G59. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to buy

Usage: ἀγοράζω (ἀγορά), [in LXX chiefly for שׁבר, קנה ;] __1. to frequent the ἀγορά (Hdt., al.). __2. to buy in the market, purchase (Xen., al.; LXX; in π. very common in deeds of sale, see MM, VGT, see word): absol., Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:44, 46, al.; before παρά, with genitive of person(s), Rev.3:18 (LXX, Polyb.); ἐκ, Mat.27:7; with genitive pret., Mrk.6:37, al.; metaphorically, 1Co.6:20 7:23, 2Pe.2:1, Rev.5:9 14:3, 4. (AS)

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How Strong's G59 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render agorazo, 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.

buy Luke 22:36 go Matthew 14:15 went Matthew 13:46 redeemed Revelation 5:9 buyeth Matthew 13:44

How Strong's G59 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 31 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G59 (ἀγοράζω) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G59 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G59 in the New Testament

31 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 13:44 KJV

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matthew 13:46 KJV

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Matthew 14:15 KJV

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

Strong's G59 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 41:57 Septuagint / Brenton

And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.

Genesis 42:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy food.

Strong's G59 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 1:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And the most High gave me grace and favor before Shalmaneser, so that I was his purveyor.

Tobit 1:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And I went into Media, and left in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabri, at Rages a city of Media, ten talents of silver.

1 Maccabees 12:36 Septuagint / Brenton

and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.

Usage Excerpts

First 54 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G59.

Genesis 41:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.
Genesis 42:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy food.
Genesis 43:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If, then, thou send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy thee food;
Genesis 43:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we have brought other money with us to buy food; we know not who put the money into our sacks.
Genesis 44:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Genesis 47:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan, in return for the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharaoh.
Deuteronomy 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink.
1 Chronicles 21:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David said to Ornan, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take thy property for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord without cost to myself.
2 Chronicles 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and the charge of the king’s merchants for going was as follows, and they traded,
2 Chronicles 34:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They gave it also to the carpenters and builders, to buy squared stones, and timber for beams to cover the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Nehemiah 10:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Isaiah 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the mistress; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as his creditor.
Isaiah 55:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go and buy; and eat and drink wine and fat without money or price.
Jeremiah 44:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that Jeremiah went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to buy thence a property in the midst of the people.
Matthew 13:44 New Testament, KJV
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 13:46 New Testament, KJV
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew 14:15 New Testament, KJV
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew 21:12 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
Matthew 25:9 New Testament, KJV
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Matthew 25:10 New Testament, KJV
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Matthew 27:7 New Testament, KJV
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Mark 6:36 New Testament, KJV
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Mark 6:37 New Testament, KJV
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Mark 11:15 New Testament, KJV
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
Mark 15:46 New Testament, KJV
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
Mark 16:1 New Testament, KJV
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Luke 9:13 New Testament, KJV
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
Luke 14:18 New Testament, KJV
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke 14:19 New Testament, KJV
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke 17:28 New Testament, KJV
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Luke 19:45 New Testament, KJV
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
Luke 22:36 New Testament, KJV
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
John 4:8 New Testament, KJV
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
John 6:5 New Testament, KJV
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
John 13:29 New Testament, KJV
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
1 Corinthians 6:20 New Testament, KJV
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinthians 7:23 New Testament, KJV
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
1 Corinthians 7:30 New Testament, KJV
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
2 Peter 2:1 New Testament, KJV
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Revelation 3:18 New Testament, KJV
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 5:9 New Testament, KJV
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Revelation 13:17 New Testament, KJV
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:3 New Testament, KJV
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Revelation 14:4 New Testament, KJV
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Revelation 18:11 New Testament, KJV
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Tobit 1:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the most High gave me grace and favor before Shalmaneser, so that I was his purveyor.
Tobit 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And I went into Media, and left in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabri, at Rages a city of Media, ten talents of silver.
1 Maccabees 12:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
1 Maccabees 13:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There is that buyeth much for a little, And repayeth it sevenfold.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; Neither with a coward in matters of war; Nor with a merchant concerning exchange; Nor with a buyer of selling; Nor with an envious man of thankfulness; Nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; Nor with the slothful for any work; Nor with a hireling for a year of finishing work; Nor with an idle servant of much business: Hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Baruch 1:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Behold, we have sent you money to buy you burnt offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare ye manna, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;
Letter of Jeremiah 1:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Notwithstanding the gold that is about them to make them beautiful, except they wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten did they feel it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G59, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 7 usages, New Testament
Mark 5 usages, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 6 usages, New Testament
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G59 FAQ

What does agorazo (ἀγοράζω) mean?

Agorazo (Strong's G59) is a Greek word most simply glossed "redeem". agorazo (ag-or-ad'-zo) v. 1. (properly) to go to market 2. (by implication) to purchase

How many times is agorazo (ἀγοράζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 54 linked usages for Strong's G59 across 19 books.

Where can I study agorazo (ἀγοράζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G59 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate agorazo (ἀγοράζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as go, buy, went, redeemed, and buyeth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G59 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G59, with linked reader references where each row is available.