πραγματεύομαι (< πρᾶγμα), [in LXX: 3Ki.10:22 B, 3Ki.9:19 A (חָשַׁק), Dan LXX 8:27 (מְלָאכָה ־אֵת עָשָׂה) * ;] __1. to busy oneself. __2. to be engaged in business, esp. to trade: Luk.19:13 (cf. δια-πραγματεύομαι).† (AS)
Thayer:
1) to be occupied in anything 2) to carry on a business 3) to carry on the business of a banker or a trader
πραγματεύομαι
pragmateuomai
prag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee
From G4229; to busyoneself with, that is, to trade
pragmateuomai H2836 chashaq pragmateuomai H6213 asah et melakhah
Related words
G4231 πραγματεύομαι
G1281 διαπραγματεύομαιδιαπραγματεύομαι
diapragmateuomai
dee-ap-rag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee
From G1223 and G4231; to thoroughlyoccupyoneself, that is, (transitively and by implication) to earn in business
KJV Usage: gain by trading.
G4230 πραγματείαπραγματεία
pragmateia
prag-mat-i'-ah
From G4231; a transaction, that is, negotiation