affairs

Greek Noun Female

πραγματία (Rec. -εία, as in cl.), -ας, ἡ (πραγματεύομαι) [in LXX for חֲשַׁל, etc;] 1) careful application, hard work. 2) business, occupation: pl, 2Ti.2:4. (AS)

affairs

Greek Noun Female

πραγμᾰτ-εία, Ionic dialectπρηγμᾰτίη, poetry πραγμᾰτίη [Refs 4th c.AD+]: ἡ:— prosecution of business, diligent study, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μάταιος π. [λογισμῶν] this idle attention to argumentations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πολλῆς π. with a great deal of trouble, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) occupation, business, ἡ π. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα. εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι π. the business of dialectic, [Refs]; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ. πᾶσα ἡ π. περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist [Refs]; ἡ δημηγορικὴ π. the business of oratory, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πραγματεῖαι official duties, opposed to ἀρχαί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially law-business, lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, affairs in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; troubles, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν π. ἔχειν to have dealings with, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.b) plural, works, of the buildings of Solomon, [LXX] III) treatment of a subject, εἰδέων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου π, as a definition of plane geometry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ Πλάτωνος π. Plato's system, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; manner of dealing with, ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας π. [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) philosophical argument or treatise, [Refs]; the subject of such a treatise, τρεῖς αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+] III.3) systematic or scientific historical treatise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Τρωϊκὴ π. the legends of the Trojan war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]Aj; π. συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας [Refs] III.4) magical operation, spell, ἡ Σολομῶνος π. [Refs]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a transaction, i.e. negotiation; affair; from g4231 (πραγματεύομαι)