1 Thessalonians 4:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”
πράσσω
to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160 (ποιέω), which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)
χείρ
hands
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χείρ
Hand. Cheir. Into Your hands I commit my spirit. The hands that made the universe were the hands that were nailed to the cross. He gave everything including His hands.
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ἐργάζομαι
to work with
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ἐργάζομαι
To work, to labour. Whatever you do work heartily as for the Lord and not for men. God sees every task you do in His name.
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ἡσυχάζω
to live quietly
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ἡσυχάζω
to keep still (intransitively), i.e. refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech
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ἴδιος
own
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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φιλοτιμέομαι
to strive earnestly
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φιλοτιμέομαι
to be fond of honor, i.e. emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
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παραγγέλλω
we commanded;
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παραγγέλλω
to transmit a message, i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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