verb
pragmateuomō
Strong’sG4231
I transact business, trade
stem pragmateu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
πραγματεύομαι
(< πρᾶγμα), [in LXX: III Ki 10:22 B, 9:19 A (חשׁק), Da LXX 8:27 (אֶת־מְלֶאכֶת עָשָׂה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4231 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee
to busy oneself with, i.e. to trade
Fromfrom G4229;
King Jamesoccupy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect πρηγμ-, aorist ἐπραγματευσάμην, Ionic dialect ἐπρηγμ-, Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἐπραγματεύθην, Ionic dialect ἐπρηγμ-, Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect πεπραγμάτευμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; also in passive sense, see below:—busy oneself, take trouble, ἀπέδωκαν τὸν νεκρὸν οὐδὲν ἔτι πρηγματευθέντες Hdt.[same place],Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλὰ ἐπί τινι π. work at at thing, labour to bring it about, Refs 5th c.BC+; πραγματεύονται ὅπως ἄρξουσι exert themselves to.., Refs 5th c.BC+; μηδὲν πραγματεύου do not worry, Refs: c.infinitive, exert oneself to.., Refs 1st c.AD+
2 to be engaged in business, spend one's time in business, ὅληντὴννύκτα all nightlong, Refs 5th c.BC+; simply, conduct a business, Refs 3rd c.BC+; transact business, of clerks, Refs 3rd c.BC+; π. ἀπὸ ἐμπορίας καὶ δανεισμῶν make money by trade and loans, Refs 1st c.AD+; οἱ πραγματευόμενοι, = Latin negotiatores, Refs 3rd c.BC+; generally, of officials, to be employed in public affairs, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II with accusative of things, take in hand, treat laboriously, be engaged in, Refs 5th c.BC+; undertake, τὸν δεύτερον πλοῦν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of authors, elaborate a work, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a science, work out, ἃ θέλει Refs 4th c.BC+; treat of, περὶ φύσεως πάντα Refs 4th c.BC+; τοιαύτην οὐκ ἐπραγματεύθησαν ἀκριβολογίαν περὶ τὰς φλέβας did not use such precision in treating of.., Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 of historians, treat systematically, τὰς πράξεις Refs 2nd c.BC+systematic historians, Refs
II.4 simply, write, treat, ποιητὴς ὢν πεπραγμάτευται περὶ τὸ ἱερόν Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὰ πεπραγματευμένα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶ his works, composilions, Refs 2nd c.BC+
III passive, mostly perfect πεπραγμάτευμαι, to be laboured at, elaborated, Refs 5th c.BC+; δόρυ ὡσαύτως -ευμένον X Refs 4th c.BC+; also present, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| pragmateuevarΠραγματεύσασθε | happened · yeaorist middle imperative 2nd person plural | do business | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pragmateuomō | pragmateuome | pragmateuomē | pragmateuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuosō | pragmateuose | pragmateuosē | pragmateuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateuotō | pragmateuote | pragmateuotē | pragmateuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | pragmateuonō | pragmateuone | pragmateuonē | pragmateuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuovō | pragmateuove | pragmateuovē | pragmateuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateuolō | pragmateuole | pragmateuolē | pragmateuolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pragmateuemi | pragmateuema |
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuesi | pragmateuesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateueti | pragmateueta |
| we 1st person plural | pragmateueni | pragmateuena |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuevi | pragmateueva |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateueli | pragmateuela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pragmateuomeiō | pragmateuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuoseiō | pragmateuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateuoteiō | pragmateuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | pragmateuoneiō | pragmateuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuoveiō | pragmateuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateuoleiō | pragmateuoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pragmateuemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateueseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateueteia |
| we 1st person plural | pragmateueneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateueveia |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateueleia |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuosōr | pragmateuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateuotōr | pragmateuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuovōr | pragmateuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateuolōr | pragmateuolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateuetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuevar1×Πραγματεύσασθε |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateuelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pragmateuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | pragmateuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateuoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pragmateuemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | pragmateuesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pragmateuetoia |
| we 1st person plural | pragmateuenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | pragmateuevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | pragmateueloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | pragmateuorō | pragmateuorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | pragmateueri | pragmateuera |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | pragmateuorōntos | pragmateuorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | pragmateuerintos | pragmateuerantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
pragmateu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
pragmateuevar“do business”happened · yeaorist middle imperative 2nd person plural1×
Luke 19:13“do business”… deka mnain kai legata pros autoin; Pragmateuevar en ho erchomō.… his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.