emporion denotes a trading place in the temple setting of John 2:16.

The term denotes a place characterized by trade: in John 2:16, it describes what the Father's house must not be made into amid the selling of doves.

1. A place made into a setting for trade · dominant

   In John 2:16, the genitive singular neuter form occurs in the command not to make the Father's house such a place while doves are being sold; the APB renders the clause, "do not make the house of my father a house of marketplace."

   John 2:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In John 2:16, the APB presents the clause as "a house of marketplace." This rendering confirms the verse's setting without establishing a finer distinction.