Lexical Summary pragmateuomai: to busy oneself Original Word: πραγματεύομαιTransliteration: pragmateuomai Phonetic Spelling: (prag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to busy oneself Meaning: to busy oneself Strong's Concordance trade, do businessFrom pragma; to busy oneself with, i.e. To trade -- occupy. see GREEK pragma Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4231: πραγματεύομαιπραγματεύομαι: 1 aorist middle imperative 2 person plural πραγματεύσασθε; (πρᾶγμα); in Greek prose writings from Herodotus down; to be occupied in anything; to carry on a business; specifically, to carry on the business of a banker or trader (Plutarch, Sull. 17; Cat. min. 59): Luke 19:13 (here WH text reads the infinitive (see their Introductory § 404); R. V. trade. Compare: διαπραγματεύομαι.) |
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