emporeuomai denotes engaging in gain-seeking dealings, in planned trade or greedy exploitation.

The attested use concerns gain-seeking dealings: a stated plan to trade and gain in James 4:13, and exploitative conduct driven by greed in 2 Peter 2:3.

1. Engaging in gain-seeking dealings · dominant

   Both occurrences are future middle indicative plurals. In James 4:13, ἐμπορευσόμεθα occurs in the speakers' plan to go to a city, remain there for a year, and gain; the APB renders the clause "will traffic in and will gain." In 2 Peter 2:3, ἐμπορεύσονται stands in the warning about greed and fabricated words; the APB renders the verse "they will exploit you with fabricated words," showing dealings directed exploitatively toward others.

   James 4:132 Peter 2:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the planned activity in James 4:13 as "will traffic in" and presents the conduct in 2 Peter 2:3 as exploitation. The latter identifies the verse's overall portrayal rather than isolating a single English equivalent.