ἀγοραῖος

agoraios

of the marketplace

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Strong’s G60Adjective2 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Acts2

Translated as

market-loungers1

courts1

In the text

Acts 17:5ἀγοραίων
The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

Abbott-Smith

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)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.