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Business (147 Occurrences)
... labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or
shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life ...
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Dispatch (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute
quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. ...
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Mission (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated
by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; commission. ...
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Concerns (20 Occurrences)
... from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's
business--how he shall please the Lord; (WEY). 1 Corinthians ...
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Task (37 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor. 3. (vt) To impose a task upon;
to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. ...
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Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... The scribes acted as secretaries of state, whose business it was to prepare and
issue decrees in the name of the king (2 Samuel 8:17; 20:25; 1 Chronicles 18:16 ...
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Undertaking (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Undertake. 2. (n.) The act
of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. ...
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Over-interested (3 Occurrences)
... it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled,
who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others ...
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Office (64 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is
transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact ...
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Income (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any
kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of ...
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Traders (31 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit,
like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready ...
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Establishment (4 Occurrences)
... (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence,
including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out ...
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Merchandise (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic. 3. (vi) To trade; to carry
on commerce. 4. (vt) To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. Int. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/merchandise.htm - 22k

Partnership (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking
or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a ...
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Concern (35 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair. ... 7. (n.) Persons
connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern. ...
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Ahim'elech (16 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 21:2 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 ...
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Attend (71 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
6. (vt) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. ...
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Assessor
... been agents of the imperial procurator of Judea, instead of direct agents of the
great Roman financial companies, who ordinarily let out the business of the ...
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Stamped (27 Occurrences)
... Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going
on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of ...
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Associate (20 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as,
to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. ...
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Bank (28 Occurrences)
... banking purposes. 19. (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used
in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. 20. (n ...
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Ahimelech (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 21:2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commanded me a business,
and has said to me,'Let no man know anything of the business about ...
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Ours (63 Occurrences)
... his workmen together, and others who were engaged in similar trades, and said to
them, "You men well know that our prosperity depends on this business of ours ...
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Ezekiel (4 Occurrences)
... 3:15) at the river Chebar (1:1, 3; 3:15) on a Euphrates canal near Nippur, where
the American expedition found the archives of a great business house, "Murashu ...
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Board (47 Occurrences)
... Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting,
public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council ...
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Quick-running (4 Occurrences)
... Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going
on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of ...
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Visit (97 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity,
etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient. ...
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Vocation (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a
designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession. ...
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Negotiate (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To transact business; to carry on trade.
2. (vi) To treat with another respecting purchase and ...
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Neglect (19 Occurrences)
... one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to
omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/neglect.htm - 12k

Unholy (23 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 58:13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy
day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord ...
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Undertake (16 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To take or have the charge of. 8. (vi) To take upon one's self, or assume,
any business, duty, or province. 9. (vi) To venture; to hazard. 10. ...
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Outward (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and judges. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Out (29154 Occurrences)
... (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he
is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from ...
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Occupation (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal
business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. ...
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Occupy (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To do business in; to busy one's self with. 5. (vt) To use; to expend;
to make use of. ... 8. (vi) To follow business; to traffic. Int. ...
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Lawyer (5 Occurrences)
... Their business was threefold: (1) to study and interpret the law; (2) to instruct
the Hebrew youth in the law; (3) to decide questions of the law. ...
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Gained (66 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 25:16 Without delay the one who had received the five talents went
and employed them in business, and gained five more. (WEY WBS NAS NIV). ...
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Whereabout (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Samuel 21:2 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...
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Witnessed (21 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:25 And you have said to me, Give the money to get yourself a property,
and have the business witnessed; though the town is given into the hands of ...
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Work (4564 Occurrences)
... matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working
upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as ...
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Industry (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental;
steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as ...
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Interest (35 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken
collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. Int. ...
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Idly (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 58:13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy
day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord ...
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Izharites (4 Occurrences)
... In David's reign some of these were "over the treasures of the house of Yahweh"
(1 Chronicles 26:23), others "were for the outward business over Israel, for ...
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Idle (33 Occurrences)
... as, idle hours. 3. (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive;
doing nothing; as, idle workmen. 4. (superl.) Given ...
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Farm (9 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on
condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/farm.htm - 11k

Foolishly (20 Occurrences)
... the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no
work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others ...
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Traffic (12 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to
the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried. Int. ...
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Rush (35 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due
deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. ...
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Embarrass (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as,
business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. ...
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Engaged (31 Occurrences)
... Luke 2:49 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you
not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?" (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/engaged.htm - 15k

Employ (6 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business;
employment. Multi-Version Concordance Employ (6 Occurrences). ...
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Engraver (3 Occurrences)
... The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals
and signets (Exodus 28:11, 21, 36; Genesis 38:18). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Evil-doer (88 Occurrences)
... (DBY WBS YLT). 1 Peter 4:15 But let not one of you suffer as a murderer or a thief
or an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business. ...
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Desisting (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 58:13 If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy
day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/desisting.htm - 7k

Prosperity (66 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in
anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise ...
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Plant (92 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical
business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever ...
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Press (57 Occurrences)
... 18. (n.) The art or business of printing and publishing; hence ... 21. (n.) Urgent demands
of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements. 22. ...
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Partner (8 Occurrences)
... (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of
a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business. ...
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Papers (3 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 32:14 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take
these papers, the witness of this business, the one which is rolled up and ...
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Practice (71 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession;
professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or ...
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Busy (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the
time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a ...
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Banking
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bank. 2. (n.) The business of
a bank or of a banker. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BANK; BANKING. ...
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Barber
... (3) We learn from various Scriptural allusions, as well as from other sources (compare
W. Max Muller, Asien und Europa, 296), that the business of the oriental ...
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Chamber (73 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where
a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. ...
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Concerned (45 Occurrences)
... She who is unmarried concerns herself with the Lord's business--that she may be
holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman concerns herself with the ...
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Controllers (4 Occurrences)
... of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands
and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/controllers.htm - 8k

Cart (12 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocery men, butchers, etc. ... 7. (vi)
To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter. Int. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cart.htm - 15k

Courier (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey
letters or dispatches, usually on public business. 2. (n ...
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Commissioned (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 21:2 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 ...
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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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Appointment (16 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 21:2 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 ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/appointment.htm - 13k

Agency (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and
his agent; business of one entrusted with the concerns of another. ...
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Start (50 Occurrences)
... a voluntary act. 3. (vi) To set out; to commence a course, as a race or
journey; to begin; as, to start business. 4. (vi) To become ...
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Shabbethai (3 Occurrences)
... among those appointed to explain the Law (Nehemiah 8:7), and as one of the chiefs
of the Levites who had the oversight of "the outward business of the house of ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/shabbethai.htm - 9k

Slaves (119 Occurrences)
... Luke 19:13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins,
and told them,'Conduct business until I come.' (See NAS). ...
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Shipwreck (3 Occurrences)
... Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if
by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. Int. ...
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Stirring (20 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually
employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life. ...
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