Lexicon
μάκελλον
makellon
G3111
G:N-N Greek

meat market

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Makellon denotes the place where food was being sold for eating in 1 Corinthians 10:25.

The attested use identifies a place of sale in the instruction to eat what is sold there without inquiry connected with conscience.

Senses in use

  1. Place where food is sold · dominant

    In 1 Corinthians 10:25, the dative singular neuter form occurs in the instruction concerning what is sold there; the APB renders the clause, "Eat all that is sold in the meat market, investigating nothing on account of conscience."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 10:25, the APB presents the setting as "the meat market." This identifies the verse's setting rather than establishing a finer lexical distinction.

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