Quick Definition
πραγματεία, ας, ἡ n.f. a business, an occupation
Strong's Definition
from 4231; a transaction, i.e. negotiation
KJV Usage: affair
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | πράσσω
41.23 · Behavior and Related States · Behavior, Conduct
affairs, pursuits activities involved in one’s behavior or conduct In some languages it is possible to translate ‘in the affairs of daily life’ as ‘in what most people must do every day.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πραγματεία [T WH -ria; see I, ε7, -ας, 9, (πραγματεύομαι), prosecution of any affair; business, occupation: plur. with the addition of τοῦ βίου, pursuits and occupations pertaining to civil life, opp. to warfave [A. V. the affairs of this life], 2 Tim. ii.4. (In the same and other senses in Grk. writ. fr. [Hippocr.], Xen., Plato down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πραγματεία pragmateia 1x
an application to a matter of business; in NT business, affair, transaction, 2 Tim. 2:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πραγματία (Rec. -εία, as in cl.), -ας, ἡ
(< πραγματεύομαι), [in LXX for חֵשֶׁל, etc.;]
careful application, hard work.
business, occupation: pl., II Ti 2:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πραγματία. With 2 Tim 2‘ ταῖς τοῦ βίου πραγματίαις, ‘‘the businesses which provide a livelihood,” cf. the designation for officials in P Leid Bi-19 (B.c. 164) (= I. ἢ: 10, UPZ i. 20%) δεόμεθα οὖν ὑμῶν... μὴ ὑπεριδεῖν ἡμᾶς παρελκομένας ὑπὸ τῶν πρὸς τα[ῖἴ]ς πραγματείαις, and similarly P Tebt I. 57° (B.c. 118). A wider meaning is found in PSI IV. 4351 (B.C. 258-7) ἀλλὰ περὶ πραγματείας ἧς Kal ὡμολογήκεις μοι, “Conly in the matter in which you had already given me assurance.” See further s.v. πραγματεύομαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πραγματεία (pragmateia) — affairs. πραγμᾰτ-εία, Ionic dialectπρηγμᾰτίη, poetry πραγμᾰτίη [Refs 4th c.AD+]: ἡ:— prosecution of business, diligent study, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μάταιος π. [λογισμῶν] this idle attention to argumentations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πολλῆς π. with a great deal of trouble, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. occupation, business, ἡ π. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα.. εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι π. the business of dialectic, [Refs]; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ.. πᾶσα ἡ π. περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist [Refs]; ἡ δημηγορικὴ π. the business of oratory, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πραγματεῖαι official duties, opposed to ἀρχαί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially law-business, lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, affairs in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; troubles, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν π. ἔχειν to have dealings with.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. b plural, works, of the buildings of Solomon, [LXX]
III. treatment of a subject, εἰδέων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου π., as a definition of plane geometry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ Πλάτωνος π. Plato's system, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; manner of dealing with, ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. philosophical argument or treatise, [Refs]; the subject of such a treatise, τρεῖς αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.3. systematic or scientific historical treatise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Τρωϊκὴ π. the legends of the Trojan war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]Aj.; π. συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας [Refs]
III.4. magical operation, spell, ἡ Σολομῶνος π. [Refs]