ἐργάζομαι
ergazomai
“to work”
Definition
to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.
middle voice from G2041 (ἔργον);
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Occurrences
ἐργάζομαι appears 39 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
‘Look, you scoffers,wonder and perish!For I am doing a work in your daysthat you would never believe,even if someone told you.’”
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
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