translated "business" in Acts 6:3 , of the distribution of funds, signifies "a necessity, a need," and is used in this place concerning duty or business. See LACK , NECESSITY , NEED , USE , WANT.
denotes "a business," Acts 19:24,25 , RV, AV, "gain" and "craft" (from ergon, "work"). See DILIGENCE.
expresses "what is one's own" (hence, Eng. "idiot," in a changed sense, lit., "a person with his own opinions"); the neuter plural with the article (ta idia) signifies "one's own things." In 1—Thessalonians 4:11 , the noun is not expressed in the original but is supplied in the English versions by "business," "your own business." For the same phrase, otherwise expressed, see John 1:11 , "His own (things);" John 16:32; 19:27 , "his own (home);" Acts 21:6 , "home." In Luke 2:49 , the phrase "in My Father's house" (RV), "about My Father's business" (RJV), is, lit., "in the (things, the neuter plural of the article) of My Father." See ACQUAINTANCE , COMPANY , No. 8, DUE, HOME, OWN, PRIVATE, PROPER, SEVERAL.
Romans 16:2 MATTERTHINGWORK.Romans 12:11 DILIGENCE.
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