ἐνεργέω energeō G1754
“I work, accomplish, am operative” — Dodson Greek Lexicon
Same root: Related words from the same root: 20 more words
Strong's Greek Dictionary (1890) says these words are built from one another, all going back to ἔργον ergon (G2041). Each line says which source links it. Words with a prefix are listed with their main word, not with the prefix. Related words can still differ in meaning.
- ἔργον ergon G2041 “work, labor, action, deed” head of this family (per Strong's: a primary word) in 161 verses
- ἐργάζομαι ergazomai G2038 “I word, trade, do” built from ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 39 verses
- καταργέω katargeō G2673 “I bring to naught, sever, abolish” built from κατά G2596 + ἀργέω G0691 (per Strong's) in 26 verses
- κατεργάζομαι katergazomai G2716 “I work out, produce, accomplish” built from κατά G2596 + ἐργάζομαι G2038 (per Strong's) in 22 verses
- ἐργάτης ergatēs G2040 “a field-laborer, workman” built from ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 15 verses
- συνεργός sunergos G4904 “a fellow worker” built from σύν G4862 + ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 13 verses
- ἐνέργεια energeia G1753 “working, activity” built from ἐνεργής, ἐναργής G1756 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 8 verses
- ἀργός argos G0692 “idle, lazy, thoughtless” built from ἀ- G0001 + ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 7 verses
- ἐργασία ergasia G2039 “working, activity, trade, performance” built from ἐργάτης G2040 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 6 verses
- συνεργέω sunergeō G4903 “I work together” built from συνεργός G4904 (per Strong's) in 5 verses
- ἐνεργής, ἐναργής energēs, enargēs G1756 “effective” built from ἐν G1722 + ἔργον G2041 (per Strong's) in 3 verses
- ἐνέργημα energēma G1755 “a working, an effect” built from ἐνεργέω G1754 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 2 verses
Rendered in WEB as: works ×8, worked ×3, working ×2, work ×2, he worked ×1, effective ×1, are at work ×1 (18 links)
Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?
Full definitions (source + licence)
Dodson Greek Lexicon [G1754]
I work, am operative, am at work, am made to work, accomplish; mid: I work, display activity.
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19 verse(s)
- Matthew 14:2 and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”energousin – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · theyverse | pericope | chapter
V-PAI-3P - Mark 6:14 King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”energousin – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · theyverse | pericope | chapter
V-PAI-3P - Romans 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.enērgeito – imperfect (ongoing or repeated action in the past) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-IMI-3S - 1 Corinthians 12:6 There are various kinds of workings, but the same God who works all things in all.energōn – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PAP-NSM - 1 Corinthians 12:11 But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires. verse | pericope | chapter
- 2 Corinthians 1:6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer. verse | pericope | chapter
- 2 Corinthians 4:12 So then death works in us, but life in you.energeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PMI-3S - Galatians 2:8 for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—energēsas – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-AAP-NSM - Galatians 3:5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? verse | pericope | chapter
- Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.energoumenē – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular feminine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PMP-NSF - Ephesians 1:11 We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will, verse | pericope | chapter
- Ephesians 1:20 which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,enērgēsen – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-AAI-3S - Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.energountos – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · genitive singular neuter (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PAP-GSN - Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,energoumenēn – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · accusative singular feminine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PMP-ASF - Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.energōn – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PAP-NSM - Colossians 1:29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.energoumenēn – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · accusative singular feminine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PMP-ASF - 1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.energeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PMI-3S - 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.energeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PMI-3S - James 5:16 Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.energoumenē – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular feminine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
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