Lexical Summary pragmateia: careful application, hard work Original Word: πραγματείαTransliteration: pragmateia Phonetic Spelling: (prag-mat-i'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: careful application, hard work Meaning: careful application, hard work Strong's Concordance negotiation, transactionFrom pragmateuomai; a transaction, i.e. Negotiation -- affair. see GREEK pragmateuomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4230: πραγματείαπραγματεία (T WH πραγματια; see Iota), πραγματείας, ἡ (πραγματεύομαι), prosecution of any affair; business, occupation: plural with the addition of τοῦ βίου, pursuits and occupations pertaining to civil life, opposed to warfare (A. V. the affairs of this life), 2 Timothy 2:4 (In the same and other senses in Greek writings from (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato down.) |
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