διαπραγμᾰτεύομαι G1281
to gain by trading, make profit through business; to accomplish financial gain
This middle voice verb means to gain through trading or business activity, making profit. Luke 19:15 uses it in the parable where the nobleman asks 'what they had gained by trading' with his money. Classical usage included discussing thoroughly, but the New Testament sense is clearly commercial—profit through business activity. The financial, entrepreneurial aspect dominates the Gospel usage.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To gain or make profit through business activity and trading. The returning nobleman in Luke 19:15 inquires what each servant 'had gained by trading'—the financial result of their business activity with his entrusted capital. The aorist tense marks completed business transactions. All translations converge on commercial profit-making as the core meaning in this parabolic economic scenario. 1×
AR["رَبِحوا"]·ben["ব্যবসা-করেছে"]·DE["διεπραγματεύσαντο"]·EN["they-had-gained"]·FR["faire-du-profit"]·heb["הִרְוִיחוּ"]·HI["कमाया"]·ID["mereka-telah-hasilkan"]·IT["diepragmateusanto"]·jav["tiyang-tiyang-sampun-padagangaken."]·KO["볌었는지"]·PT["tinham-negociado"]·RU["приобрёл"]·ES["había-ganado"]·SW["walifanya-biashara"]·TR["kazandı"]·urd["کمایا"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
διαπραγμᾰτεύομαι, discuss or examine thoroughly, τοῦτον τὸν λόγον Refs 5th c.BC+ __II gain by trading, NT __III accomplish, τι πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Refs 4th c.AD+