KJV dictionary & concordance
To engage in business or trade; to use or employ what is entrusted in that business.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Ezekiel 27:9
Complete exact-word concordance
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers, all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to occupie thy merchandise.
1611 marginal noteOr, stoppers of chinks. Heb. strengthners.
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, occupy till I come.
And hee called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pounds, and said vnto them, Occupy till I come.
1611 marginal noteMina here translated a pound, is twelue ounces and an halfe, which according to fiue shillings the ounce, is 3. pounds two shillings sixe pence.
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Historical English dictionary sources
to use, employ; also, to trade with, to trade.
To employ; to use. To employ; to busy one's self. To follow, as business.
To follow business; to negotiate.
