Lexicon
πραγματεύομαι
pragmateuomai
G4231
G:V Greek

to trade

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Pragmateuomai describes acting on entrusted minas by trading with them until the master returns.

The attested use concerns trading with funds entrusted by a master, pending his return.

Senses in use

  1. Trading with entrusted funds · dominant

    In Luke 19:13, Πραγματεύσασθε is a second-person aorist middle plural form addressed to slaves after they receive minas and before the speaker's return. The APB renders the command "Trade until I come," confirming the verse's setting of activity with the entrusted minas.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 19:13, the APB presents the command as "Trade until I come." It confirms the clause's commercial action without isolating every contribution of the Greek form.

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