Ezekiel 27:9
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
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Occupy
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Luke 19:13
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
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πραγματεύομαι
pragmateúomai · prag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to busy oneself with, i.e. to trade
Strong's KJV usage: :--occupy.
Strong's first: Luke 19:13Strong's last: Luke 19:13
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ʻârab · aw-rab'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Strong's KJV usage: engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
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Strong's first: Ezekiel 27:9Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:9
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And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
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occupy
OC'CUPY, verb transitive [Latin occupo; ob and capio, to seize or take.]
1. To take possession. The person who first occupies land which has no owner, has the right of property.
2. To keep in possession; to possess; to hold or keep for use. The tenant occupies a farm under a lease of twenty one years. A lodger occupies an apartment; a man occupies the chair in which he sits.
3. To take up; to possess; to cover or fill. The camp occupies five acres of ground. Air may be so rarefied as to occupy a vast space. The writing occupies a sheet of paper, or it occupies five lines only.
4. To employ; to use.
The archbishop may have occasion to occupy more chaplains than six.
5. To employ; to busy one's self. Every man should be occupied, or should occupy himself, in some useful labor.
6. To follow, as business.
All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. Ezekiel 27:9.
7. To use; to expend.
All the gold that was occupied for the work - Exodus 38:1. [Not now in use.]
OC'CUPY, verb intransitive To follow business; to negotiate.
Occupy till I come. Luke 19:13.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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