Strong G4230πραγματεία
affairs
- Transliteration
- pragmateia
- Pronunciation
- prag-mat-i'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4231; a transaction that is negotiation: - affair.
Detailed definition
πραγματία (Rec. -εία, as in cl.), -ας, ἡ
(πραγματεύομαι) [in LXX for חֲשַׁל, etc.;]
1. careful application, hard work.
2. business, occupation: pl., 2Ti.2:4.†
(AS)
(πραγματεύομαι) [in LXX for חֲשַׁל, etc.;]
1. careful application, hard work.
2. business, occupation: pl., 2Ti.2:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4230 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- affair1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πραγμᾰτ-εία,
Ionic dialectπρηγμᾰτίη, poetry πραγμᾰτίη [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.38)]: ἡ:— prosecution of business, diligent study, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.44, 5.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 408a, +others; πόνων πολλῶν καὶ πραγματείας εἶναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.48; πλείονος εἶναι πρηγματίης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 7)]; ἡ μάταιος π. [λογισμῶν] this idle attention to argumentations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.8)]; μετὰ πολλῆς π. with a great deal of trouble, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 19.4 (3rd c.BC).)]
II occupation, business, ἡ π. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα.. εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453a)]; ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι π. the business of dialectic, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 161e)]; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ.. πᾶσα ἡ π. περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist [Refs (“Pol.” 1274b37, compare “EN” 1105a11)]; ἡ δημηγορικὴ π. the business of oratory, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1354b24; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀναισχύντου π. ἀποστῆναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.242)]; πραγματεῖαι official duties, opposed to ἀρχαί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]13,compare “PTeb.” 5.143, +others (2nd c.BC))]; especially law-business, lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.18, +others; ἡ περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια π. [prev. author] 15.31)]: plural, affairs in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 500c; μεθισταμένων πραγματειῶν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.9 (nisi to be read πραγμάτων))]; troubles, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.37, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.28U.)]; πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν π. ἔχειν to have dealings with.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.2.2.)]
II.b plural, works, of the buildings of Solomon, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.9.1.)]
III treatment of a subject, εἰδέων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 4)]; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου π., as a definition of plane geometry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528d)]; ἡ Πλάτωνος π. Plato's system, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 987a30, compare 986a8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.3U., 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.17)]; manner of dealing with, ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376b4.)]
III.2 philosophical argument or treatise, [Refs ([prev. author] “Top.” 100a18, 101a26; τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ π. [prev. author] “Ph.” 194b18; ἡ παροῦσα π. οὐ θεωρίας ἕνεκα [prev. author] “EN” 1103b26)]; the subject of such a treatise, τρεῖς αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 198a30, compare “SE” 183b4; ἡ περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐκδοθεῖσα π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.2, etc.)]
III.3 systematic or scientific historical treatise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.1.4, 1.3.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.74, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 13)]; Τρωϊκὴ π. the legends of the Trojan war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Arg. Sophocles Tragicus)]Aj.; π. συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 3.444.18 (from Iasus).)]
III.4 magical operation, spell, ἡ Σολομῶνος π. [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.853, compare776.)]
Ionic dialectπρηγμᾰτίη, poetry πραγμᾰτίη [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.38)]: ἡ:— prosecution of business, diligent study, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.44, 5.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 408a, +others; πόνων πολλῶν καὶ πραγματείας εἶναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.48; πλείονος εἶναι πρηγματίης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 7)]; ἡ μάταιος π. [λογισμῶν] this idle attention to argumentations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.8)]; μετὰ πολλῆς π. with a great deal of trouble, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 19.4 (3rd c.BC).)]
II occupation, business, ἡ π. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα.. εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453a)]; ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι π. the business of dialectic, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 161e)]; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ.. πᾶσα ἡ π. περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist [Refs (“Pol.” 1274b37, compare “EN” 1105a11)]; ἡ δημηγορικὴ π. the business of oratory, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1354b24; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀναισχύντου π. ἀποστῆναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.242)]; πραγματεῖαι official duties, opposed to ἀρχαί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]13,compare “PTeb.” 5.143, +others (2nd c.BC))]; especially law-business, lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.18, +others; ἡ περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια π. [prev. author] 15.31)]: plural, affairs in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 500c; μεθισταμένων πραγματειῶν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.9 (nisi to be read πραγμάτων))]; troubles, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.37, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.28U.)]; πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν π. ἔχειν to have dealings with.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.2.2.)]
II.b plural, works, of the buildings of Solomon, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.9.1.)]
III treatment of a subject, εἰδέων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 4)]; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου π., as a definition of plane geometry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528d)]; ἡ Πλάτωνος π. Plato's system, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 987a30, compare 986a8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.3U., 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.17)]; manner of dealing with, ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376b4.)]
III.2 philosophical argument or treatise, [Refs ([prev. author] “Top.” 100a18, 101a26; τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ π. [prev. author] “Ph.” 194b18; ἡ παροῦσα π. οὐ θεωρίας ἕνεκα [prev. author] “EN” 1103b26)]; the subject of such a treatise, τρεῖς αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 198a30, compare “SE” 183b4; ἡ περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐκδοθεῖσα π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.2, etc.)]
III.3 systematic or scientific historical treatise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.1.4, 1.3.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.74, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 13)]; Τρωϊκὴ π. the legends of the Trojan war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Arg. Sophocles Tragicus)]Aj.; π. συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 3.444.18 (from Iasus).)]
III.4 magical operation, spell, ἡ Σολομῶνος π. [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.853, compare776.)]