KJV dictionary & concordance
Employment, business, trade, or the work in which a person is engaged.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 46:33
Complete exact-word concordance
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
And it shall come to passe when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
And Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said vnto Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both wee and also our fathers.
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
Then said they vnto him, Tel vs, we pray thee, for whose cause this euill is vpon vs: What is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? What is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
And because hee was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought (for by their occupation they were tentmakers.)
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
Whom he called together, with the workemen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we haue our wealth.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Possession; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as lands in the occupation of AB. […] The principal business of one's life; vocation; calling; trade; the business which a man follows to procure a living or obtain wealth.
