Bible Dictionaries
Employment
King James Dictionary
EMPLOY'MENT, n. The act of employing or using.
1. Occupation business that which engages the head or hands as agricultural employments mechanical employments. Men, whose employment is to make sport and amusement for others, are always despised.
2. Office public business or trust agency or service for another or for the public. The secretary of the treasury has a laborious and responsible employment. He is in the employment of government.
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Entry for 'Employment'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/e/employment.html.