Market, Marketplace
Market, Marketplace
MARKET, MARKETPLACE.The former is found in OT in Eze 27:13; Eze 27:17 etc. as the rendering of a collective noun signifying articles of exchange, hence RV [Note: Revised Version.] throughout merchandise, this last in Eze 27:15 being AV [Note: Authorized Version.] rendering of another word for which RV [Note: Revised Version.] gives mart. In NT market has disappeared from RV [Note: Revised Version.] in favour of the uniform marketplace (Gr. agora). Here we must distinguish between the markets of Jerusalem (Mat 11:16, Mar 7:4 etc.), which were simply streets of shopsthe bazaars of a modern Eastern city,and the market (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ) or marketplace (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ) of a Greek city (Act 16:19; Act 17:17). The latter was the centre of the public life of the city, and was a large open space adorned with colonnades and statues, and surrounded by temples and other public buildings.
A. R. S. Kennedy.