Topic
Business
28 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 39:11ISBE
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
- Deuteronomy 24:5ISBE
¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
- Joshua 2:14ISBE
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
- Joshua 2:20ISBE
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
- Judges 18:7ISBE
¶ Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and…
- Judges 18:28ISBE
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
- 1 Samuel 20:19ISBE
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
- 1 Samuel 21:2ISBE
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
- 1 Samuel 21:8ISBE
¶ And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
- 1 Chronicles 26:29ISBE
¶ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
- 1 Chronicles 26:30ISBE
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 13:10ISBE
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
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- Nehemiah 11:16 ISBE
- Nehemiah 11:22 ISBE
- Nehemiah 13:30 ISBE
- Esther 3:9 ISBE
- Psalms 107:23 ISBE
- Proverbs 22:29 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 5:3 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 ISBE
- Daniel 8:27 ISBE
- Luke 2:49 ISBE
- Acts 6:3 ISBE
- Acts 19:24 ISBE
- Acts 19:25 ISBE
- Romans 12:11 ISBE
- Romans 16:2 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 31 references
biz'-nes: Is the rendering of four Hebrew words:
(1) mela'khah, in Ge 39:11 (the American Standard Revised Version "work"); 1Ch 26:29,30; 2Ch 13:10 (the American Standard Revised Version "in their work"); 17:13 (the American Standard Revised Version "many works"); Ne 11:16,22; 13:30 (the American Standard Revised Version "in his work"); Es 3:9; Ps 107:23; Pr 22:29; Da 8:27.
(2) dabhar, literally "a word," is so translated in De 24:5; Jos 2:14,20; Jud 18:7 (the American Standard Revised Version "dealings"); Jud 18:28 (the American Standard Revised Version "dealings"); 1Sa 21:2,8.
(3) ma`aseh, "an action" (1Sa 20:19).
(4) `inyan, "employment" (Ec 5:3; 8:16).
In the New Testament "business" in Lu 2:49 is the rendering of the phrase en, tois, tou patros mou, 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 chreia, literally "need," of Ac 6:3; as the translation of spoude, literally "haste" of Ro 12:11 (the American Standard Revised Version "diligence"); of pragma, literally "thing done," of Ro 16:2 (the American Standard Revised Version "matter"); of prassein ta idia, literally "tend to one's own business," of 1Th 4:11. In Ac 19:24,25 in Paul's account of the riot in Ephesus, ergasia, literally "working," "performing," is translated "little business" in Ac 19:24 (the King James Version "small gain"), and "by this business" in Ac 19:25 (the King James Version "by this craft").
Arthur J. Kinsella
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.