GreekG2038Verb

ἐργάζομαι

ergazomai

39Occurrences
G2038Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.

middle voice from G2041 (ἔργον);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.intrans.
(a)to work, labour
(b)to work at a trade or business, to trade
2.Trans.
(a)to work, work out, do, produce, perform
(b)to work for, earn by working
LXX: for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἐργάζομαι appears 39 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
6
1 Corinthians
4
2 Thessalonians
4
Matthew
4
Romans
4
Acts
3
1 Thessalonians
2
James
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 16:10BSB

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.

2 John 1:8BSB

Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

Acts 13:41BSB

‘Look, you scoffers,wonder and perish!For I am doing a work in your daysthat you would never believe,even if someone told you.’”

James 2:9BSB

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Luke 13:14BSB

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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