Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
2. (v. t.) To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.
3. (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
4. (v. t.) To do business in; to busy one's self with.
5. (v. t.) To use; to expend; to make use of.
6. (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
7. (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.
8. (v. i.) To follow business; to traffic.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
OCCUPYok'-u-pi: Is in the King James Version the translation of 7 different words:
(1) nathan;
(2) cachar;
(3) `arabh;
(4) `asah, either with or without the added word, mela'khah;
(5) anapleroun;
(6) peripatein;
(7) pragmateuein.
In almost every case the meanings of "to occupy" as used in the King James Version in harmony with the common usage of the time have become obsolete.
(1) In Ezekiel 27:16, 19, 22, nathan meant "to trade," and the Revised Version (British and American) reads "traded."
(2) From cachar, "to go about," was derived a designation of "merchants" (Revised Version) (Ezekiel 27:21).
(3) `Arabh (Ezekiel 27:9) signifies "to exchange" (the English Revised Version and the American Revised Version margin, but the American Standard Revised Version "deal in").
(4) `asah (Exodus 38:24) means simply "to use" (Revised Version), and the same word in Judges 16:11, with mela'khah ("work") added, signifies that work had been done (Revised Version).
(5) In 1 Corinthians 14:16, "occupy," the King James Version rendering of anapleroun, would still be as intelligible to most as the Revised Version (British and American) "fill."
(6) "Occupy" in Hebrews 13:9, in the sense of "being taken up with a thing," is the translation (both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)) of peripatein, literally, "to walk." Finally
(7) pragmateuein (Luke 19:13) is rendered in the King James Version "occupy" in its obsolete sense of "trade" (Revised Version).
David Foster Estes
Greek
378. anapleroo -- to fill up ... fulfilled (1), supplied (1). fill up, fulfill,
occupy, supply. From ana
and pleroo; to complete; by implication, to
occupy, supply
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/378.htm - 8k1281. diapragmateuomai -- to examine thoroughly, to gain by ...
... gain by trading, earn. From dia and pragmateuomai; to thoroughly occupy oneself,
ie (transitively and by implication) to earn in business -- gain by trading. ...
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3611. oikeo -- to inhabit, to dwell
... dwell. From oikos; to occupy a house, ie Reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain,
inhere); by implication, to cohabit -- dwell. See also oikoumene. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3611.htm - 7k
4637. skenoo -- to have one's tent, dwell
... dwell. From skenos; to tent or encamp, ie (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion)
or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4637.htm - 7k
5076. tetrarches -- tetrarch.
... 5076 (from , "four" and 757 , "occupy first place, rule") -- properly, someone
who rules a of a province (district); hence, a , a ("prince"). ...
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2722. katecho -- to hold fast, hold back
... to hold fast, hold back NASB Word Usage afflicted (1), bound (1), heading (1),
hold...fast (1), hold fast (5), hold firmly (1), keep (2), occupy (1), possess ( ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2722.htm - 7k
4231. pragmateuomai -- to busy oneself
... trade, do business. From pragma; to busy oneself with, ie To trade -- occupy. see
GREEK pragma. (pragmateusasthe) -- 1 Occurrence. 4230, 4231. ...
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2983. lambano -- to take, receive
... conspired* (1), consulted* (1), experienced* (1), forgotten* (1), gets (1), gripped
(1), incur (1), married (2), marry (2), obtained (1), occupy (1), overtaken ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2983.htm - 11k
Strong's Hebrew
6148. arab -- to take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange... engage, intermeddle with, mingle self, mortgage,
occupy, give pledges,.
A primitive root; to braid, ie Intermix; technically, to
... /hebrew/6148.htm - 6k 3423. yarash -- to take possession of, inherit, dispossess
... 1), heir (6), heirs (1), impoverish (1), impoverished (1), inherit (8), leave it
as an inheritance (1), makes poor (1), new owners (1), occupy (1), possess (88 ...
/hebrew/3423.htm - 7k
5503. sachar -- to go around or about, travel about
... go about, merchantman, occupy with, pant, trade, traffic. A primitive root;
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively ...
/hebrew/5503.htm - 6k
7077. qanan -- to make a nest
... make. A primitive root; to erect; but used only as denominative from qen; to nestle,
ie Build or occupy as a nest -- make...nest. see HEBREW qen. 7076, 7077. ...
/hebrew/7077.htm - 6k
3920. lakad -- to capture, seize, take
... A primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy;
also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere -- X at all, catch (self ...
/hebrew/3920.htm - 6k
5157. nachal -- to get or take as a possession
... A primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally)
to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate ...
/hebrew/5157.htm - 7k
5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave,
lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay ...
/hebrew/5414.htm - 9k
8610. taphas -- to lay hold of, wield
... 2), capture (2), captured (8), caught (5), grasp (1), grasps (1), handle (4), handled
(1), hold (1), lay hold (1), lays hold (1), occupy (1), overlaid (1 ...
/hebrew/8610.htm - 6k
6030b. anah -- to be occupied, busied
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be occupied, busied NASB Word Usage afflicted
(1), keeps him occupied (1), occupy (1). 6030a, 6030b. anah. 6031 . ...
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Library
Whether it is Lawful for Religious to Occupy Themselves with ...
... OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMPETENT TO RELIGIOUS (SIX ARTICLES) Whether it is lawful
for religious to occupy themselves with secular business? ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 14.htm
How Apuleius Defines the Gods who Dwell in Heaven, the Demons who ...
... Book IX. Chapter 8."How Apuleius Defines the Gods Who Dwell in Heaven,
the Demons Who Occupy the Air, and Men Who Inhabit Earth. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 8 how apuleius defines the.htm
Letter ii. --Interior Troubles.
... do you not understand that the most certain way of assuring this is to leave the
care of it entirely to God, and to occupy yourself only with Him; as a man in ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter ii interior troubles.htm
The Two Talents
... God hath put us into his estates, and he hath said, "Occupy till I come." Though
our vineyards bear never so much fruit, yet the vineyard belongs to the King ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the two talents.htm
Abide in My Love
... Abiding means going out from everything else, to occupy one place and stay there. ...
Occupy yourself with that love, worship it, wait for it. ...
/.../the true vine meditations for a month on john 151-16/abide in my love.htm
He Shall not Keep Silent.
... years. He will not occupy that place forever. ... throne. He has the promise
of His own throne, which He as the King-Priest must occupy. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the lord of glory/he shall not keep silent.htm
For He Himself Also, with an Eye to the Like Necessities of Saints ...
... with the mind free, as does a handicraftsman, if he be not fraudulent and avaricious
and greedy of his own private gain; but another thing, to occupy the mind ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 16 for he himself.htm
The People among whom we Labour (Continued).
... Can a people fail to occupy a low place on the plane of morals to whom
the maxim I have quoted would be tolerable? I believe they ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xxix the people among.htm
External Form of the New Testament.
... Paul stand first in order. The seven so-called catholic epistles occupy
the last place. Intermediate between these two subdivisions ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxv external form of.htm
Of the Time of Antichrist.
... for seven years shall tremble. But Elias shall occupy the half of the time,
Nero shall occupy half. Then the whore Babylon, being ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/xli of the time of antichrist.htm
Thesaurus
Occupy (25 Occurrences)...OCCUPY.
... In almost every case the meanings of "to
occupy" as used in the King James
Version in harmony with the common usage of the time have become obsolete.
.../o/occupy.htm - 16kFill (126 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put
or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of. ...
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Trade (33 Occurrences)
... Standard Revised Version, with "dealers," margin "exchangers," in 27:27 (the King
James Version and the English Revised Version have "occupy," "occupiers"). ...
/t/trade.htm - 40k
Nest (22 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place
of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are ...
/n/nest.htm - 18k
Geology
... and from the "Carte geologique internationale de l'Europe" (1:1,500,000).) It will
be noted that Crystalline, or Archean, rocks (A) occupy extensive areas in ...
/g/geology.htm - 16k
Mother (2641 Occurrences)
... Women there move on the same social plane with men. They often occupy leading
public positions (Exodus 15:20 Judges 4:4 2 Kings 22:14). ...
/m/mother.htm - 17k
Amuse (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose
in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. ...
/a/amuse.htm - 7k
Dream (82 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary
transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. ...
/d/dream.htm - 47k
King (25505 Occurrences)
... Israel" (Matthew 2:5, 6). Luke's account of the Nativity contains the angel's
declaration that the child to be born and named Jesus would occupy the throne of ...
/k/king.htm - 64k
Occur (13 Occurrences)
/o/occur.htm - 10k
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