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<div> '''A — 1: '''''Χρεία''''' ''' (Strong'S #5532 — Noun [[Feminine]] — chreia — khri'-ah ) </div> <p> translated "business" in &nbsp;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. </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Ἐργασία''''' ''' (Strong'S #2039 — Noun Feminine — ergasia — er-gas-ee'-ah ) </div> <p> denotes "a business," &nbsp;Acts 19:24,25 , RV, AV, "gain" and "craft" (from ergon, "work"). See Diligence. </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Ἴδιος''''' ''' (Strong'S #2398 — Adjective — idios — id'-ee-os ) </div> <p> 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 &nbsp;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 &nbsp;John 1:11 , "His own (things);" &nbsp;John 16:32; &nbsp;19:27 , "his own (home);" &nbsp;Acts 21:6 , "home." In &nbsp;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]]  </p> &nbsp;Romans 16:2[[Matter]][[Thing]]Work.&nbsp;Romans 12:11Diligence.

<p> ''''' biz´nes ''''' : Is the rendering of four [[Hebrew]] words: (1) מלאכה , <i> ''''' melā'khāh ''''' </i> , in &nbsp;Genesis 39:11 (the American Standard Revised Version "work"); &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 26:29 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:30; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:10 (the American Standard Revised Version "in their work"); &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 17:13 (the American Standard Revised Version "many works"); &nbsp; Nehemiah 11:16 , &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:22; &nbsp;Nehemiah 13:30 (the American Standard Revised Version "in his work"); &nbsp; Esther 3:9; &nbsp;Psalm 107:23; &nbsp;Proverbs 22:29; &nbsp;Daniel 8:27 . (2) דּבר , <i> ''''' dābhār ''''' </i> , literally "a word," is so translated in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 24:5; &nbsp;Joshua 2:14 , &nbsp;Joshua 2:20; &nbsp;Judges 18:7 (the American Standard Revised Version "dealings"); &nbsp; Judges 18:28 (the American Standard Revised Version "dealings"); &nbsp; 1 Samuel 21:2 , &nbsp;1 Samuel 21:8 . (3) מעשׂה , <i> ''''' ma‛ăseh ''''' </i> , "an action" (&nbsp;1 Samuel 20:19 ). (4) ענין , <i> ''''' ‛inyān ''''' </i> , "employment" (&nbsp;Ecclesiastes 5:3; &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 8:16 ). </p> <p> In the New [[Testament]] "business" in &nbsp;Luke 2:49 is the rendering of the phrase ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου , <i> ''''' en toı́s toú patrós mou ''''' </i> , literally "in the things of my Father," which the American Standard Revised Version renders "in my Father's house," with "about my Father's business" as the marginal reading. "Business" is also used in the translation of χρεία , <i> ''''' chreı́a ''''' </i> , literally "need," of &nbsp;Acts 6:3; as the translation of σπουδή , <i> ''''' spoudḗ ''''' </i> , literally "haste" of &nbsp;Romans 12:11 (the American Standard Revised Version "diligence"); of πράγμα , <i> ''''' prágma ''''' </i> , literally "thing done," of &nbsp;Romans 16:2 (the American Standard Revised Version "matter"); of πράσσειν τὰ ἴδια , <i> ''''' prássein tá ı́dia ''''' </i> , literally "tend to one's own business," of &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 4:11 . In &nbsp;Acts 19:24 , &nbsp;Acts 19:25 in Paul's account of the riot in Ephesus, ἐργασία , <i> ''''' ergası́a ''''' </i> , literally "working," "performing," is translated "little business" in &nbsp;Acts 19:24 (the King James Version "small gain"), and "by this business" in &nbsp; Acts 19:25 (the King James Version "by this craft"). </p>