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Trade/business

ἐμπορίαStrong’s G1711

emporia

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Emporia is the Greek word usually translated “business”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:”
Matthew 22:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “business”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • business 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    ἐμπορία emporia · trade/business

    ἐμπορία, -ας, ἡ (ἔμπορος), [in LXX for סָחַר, רָכַל etc. ;] commerce, business, trade: Mat.22:5.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “business” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    BUSINESS, noun

    biz'ness. [See Busy.] Employment; that which occupies the time, attention and labor of men, for the purpose of profit or improvement--a word of extensive use and indefinite signification. business is a particular occupation, as agriculture, trade, mechanic art, or profession, and when used of a particular employment, the word admits of the plural number, businesses. business is also any temporary employment.

    1. Affairs; concerns; as, a man leaves his business in an unsettled state.
    2. The subject of employment; that which engages the care and attention.
    3. Serious engagement; important occupation, in distinction from trivial affairs.
    4. Concern; right of action or interposing.
    All definitions
    1. A point; a matter of question; something to be examined or considered.
    2. Something to be done; employment of importance to one's interest, opposed to amusement; as, we have no business in town.
    3. Duty, or employment that duty enjoins.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.