Strong's Lexicon

G4230

G4230 — πραγματεία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekpragmateianounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4230
Word:πραγματεία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G4231
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:pragmateia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:prag-mat-ei'-ah
Meaning:1. a transaction, i.e. negotiation
KJV Renderings:affair

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πραγματεία (T WH πραγματια; see Iota), πραγματείας, (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), 2Ti 2:4 (In the same and other senses in Greek writings from (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato down.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

πραγματεία (affair)

2 Timothy 2:4

KJV: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
GK: ουδείς στρατευόμενος εμπλέκεται ταις του βίου πραγματείαις ίνα τω στρατολογήσαντι αρέση
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