G60: ἀγοραῖος
agoraîos · “of the marketplace”
Definition
relating to the market-place, i.e. forensic (times); by implication, vulgar
KJV translates it as: baser sort, low
Word origin: from G58 (ἀγορά);
Extended definition
ἀγοραῖος, -ον
(ἀγορά),
1. frequenting the ἀγορά , a lounger in the ἀγορά (Xen., al.): Act.17:5.
2. In late writers (Strab., al.), proper to the ἀγορά : ἀγοραῖοι (sc. ἥμεραι) ἀγονται (cf. Lat. conventus agere), court-days are kept, Act.19:38 (for exx. of both usages, see MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
(ἀγορά),
1. frequenting the ἀγορά , a lounger in the ἀγορά (Xen., al.): Act.17:5.
2. In late writers (Strab., al.), proper to the ἀγορά : ἀγοραῖοι (sc. ἥμεραι) ἀγονται (cf. Lat. conventus agere), court-days are kept, Act.19:38 (for exx. of both usages, see MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
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How G60 is translated
- market-loungers ×1
- courts ×1
Bible verses with G60 (agoraîos)
Agoraîos appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 17:5
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
- Acts 19:38
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.