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Occupation (9 Occurrences)
... of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being
occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands ...
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Trade (33 Occurrences)
... travel; resort. 2. (v.) Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment. 3.
(v ... lawyer, or a physician. 6. (v.) Instruments of any occupation. ...
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Craft (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence,
the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. ...
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Business (147 Occurrences)
... attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for
a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the ...
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City
... THE CITY OF THE JEWISH OCCUPATION 1. Tower or Stronghold 2. High Place 3. Broad
Place 4. Streets 5. General Characteristics III. STORE CITIES IV. ...
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Income (7 Occurrences)
... or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds
of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the ...
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Tanner (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert
them into leather by the use of tan. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TANNER. ...
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Profession (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A calling or occupation for which one professes knowledge; the occupation,
if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self ...
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Artificer (13 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A person engaged in any kind of manual occupation
(Genesis 4:22; Isaiah 3:3). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Art (3201 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired
result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill. ...
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Bible Concordance

Occupation (9 Occurrences)

Acts 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 19:25 whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Genesis 46:33 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say,'What is your occupation?'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 46:34 That ye shall say, The occupation of thy servants hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
(WBS)

Genesis 47:3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.
(DBY)

Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are but'sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
(See JPS)

Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.
(DBY)

Jonah 1:8 Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

2. (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.

Greek

5078. techne -- art, craft, trade
... art, craft, occupation. From the base of tikto; art (as productive), ie (specially),
a trade, or (generally) skill -- art, craft, occupation. see GREEK tikto. ...
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4230. pragmateia -- careful application, hard work
... work. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pragmateia Phonetic Spelling:
(prag-mat-i'-ah) Short Definition: a business, an occupation Definition: a ...
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2038. ergazomai -- to search, examine.
... commit, do, labor for, minister about Middle voice from ergon; to toil (as a task,
occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc. ...
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2041. ergon -- work
... deed, doing, labor, work. From a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work); toil (as
an effort or occupation); by implication, an act -- deed, doing, labour, work. ...
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5540. chresis -- use (as in a sexual sense)
... use. From chraomai; employment, ie (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation
of the body) -- use. see GREEK chraomai. (chresin) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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2039. ergasia -- work (noun)
... craft, diligence, gain, work. From ergates; occupation; by implication, profit,
pains -- craft, diligence, gain, work. see GREEK ergates. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4399. melakah -- occupation, work
... 4398, 4399. melakah. 4400 . occupation, work. Transliteration: melakah
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-aw-kaw') Short Definition: work. ...
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6045. inyan -- occupation, task
... 6044, 6045. inyan. 6046 . occupation, task. Transliteration: inyan Phonetic
Spelling: (in-yawn') Short Definition: task. Word Origin ...
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4639. maaseh -- a deed, work
... conduct (1), deed (4), deeds (17), design (4), did (1), does (1), done (1), eventful
(1), goods (2), just* (1), labors (2), made (2), occupation (2), practices ...
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Library

That the Ruler Relax not his Care for the Things that are Within ...
... That the ruler relax not his care for the things that are within in his occupation
among the things that are without, nor neglect to provide for the things ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter vii that the ruler.htm

The Demiurge Works Away at Creation, as the Drudge of his Mother ...
... Chapter XX"The Demiurge Works Away at Creation, as the Drudge of His Mother Achamoth,
in Ignorance All the While of the Nature of His Occupation. ...
/.../tertullian/against the valentinians/chapter xxthe demiurge works away.htm

Of Philosophy, and How Vain was Its Occupation in Setting Forth ...
... the divine institutes Book III. Of the False Wisdom of Philosophers. Chap. II."Of
Philosophy, and How Vain Was Its Occupation in Setting Forth the Truth. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap ii of philosophy and how.htm

The Personal History of Callistus; his Occupation as a Banker ...
... Chapter VII."The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud
on Carpophorus; Callistus Absconds; Attempted Suicide; Condemned to the ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter vii the personal history of.htm

That for the Most Part the Occupation of Government Dissipates the ...
... OF ROME, Chapter IV. That for the most part the occupation of government
dissipates the solidity of the mind. Often the care of ...
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The Choice of Pursuits.
... Life demands that each of us, in obedience to the law of self-preservation and of
our relations to human society, prepare for some useful occupation, not only ...
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The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet
... to the Lord to help you to do so; for as long as a man cannot magnify God he is
not fit for heaven, where the praises of God are the eternal occupation of all ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/the key-note of a choice.htm

Thought, Deed, Word
... The command requires of us a habitual occupation of mind with the great
deliverance. And the habitual presence of this thought will ...
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Melancholy.
... As they are naturally given to manual occupation habit begets with them an antipathy
to mental labor; their judgment is readily but erroneously convinced by ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xx melancholy.htm

Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World.
... Altogether he looks upon his worldly occupation simply as a burden and a cross,
and considers it all gain to be able to throw it off; and the sooner he can ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xi doing glory to.htm

Subtopics

Occupation

Related Terms

Trade (33 Occurrences)

Craft (14 Occurrences)

Business (147 Occurrences)

City

Income (7 Occurrences)

Tanner (3 Occurrences)

Profession (9 Occurrences)

Artificer (13 Occurrences)

Art (3201 Occurrences)