BUSINESS

Greek:        ta =             things, the things of life

                   pragma =    deed, work, matter, thing, work, accomplish

                   spoude =     speed, urge on, haste unto, eagerness,
                                      earnestness,

diligence,  zeal, work

                   chreia =      need, need, to furnish what is needed,
                                      necessity, duty, matter, task

                   idios =         one’s own, private, separate

Luke 2:49 “And he (Jesus) said unto them (parents), How is it that ye sought me?   Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business (ta)?”

Acts 6:3 “Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business (cheria).”

Romans 12:10-11 “Be ye kindly affectoned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; Not slothful in business (spoude); fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”

Romans 16:1-2 “I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business (pragma) she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.”

I Thessalonians 4:11 “That ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business (idia), and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”