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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.

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Rendered in BSB as: are at work ×2, works ×2, is at work ×2, at work ×2, were at work ×1, are the work ×1, accomplishes ×1, was at work ×1, was also at work ×1, work ×1, expressing itself ×1, works out ×1, he exerted ×1, to act ×1, working ×1, now at work ×1, has great power ×1 (21 links)

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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)

  1. Matthew 14:2 and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'
    energousin – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · they V-PAI-3P
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  2. Mark 6:14 And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said — 'John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'
    energousin – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · they V-PAI-3P
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  3. Romans 7:5 for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that [are] through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;
    enērgeito – imperfect (ongoing or repeated action in the past) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-IMI-3S
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  4. 1 Corinthians 12:6 and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God — who is working the all 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) V-PAP-NSM
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  5. 1 Corinthians 12:11 and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
    energei – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PAI-3S
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  6. 2 Corinthians 1:6 and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;
    energoumenēs – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · genitive singular feminine (matches the word it goes with) V-PMP-GSF
    verse | pericope | chapter
  7. 2 Corinthians 4:12 so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.
    energeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PMI-3S
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  8. Galatians 2:8 for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,
    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) V-AAP-NSM
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  9. Galatians 3:5 He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you — by works of law or by the hearing of faith [is it]?
    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) V-PAP-NSM
    verse | pericope | chapter
  10. Galatians 5:6 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
    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) V-PMP-NSF
    verse | pericope | chapter
  11. Ephesians 1:11 in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,
    energountos – present (ongoing or repeated action) · active (the subject does it) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · genitive singular masculine (matches the word it goes with) V-PAP-GSM
    verse | pericope | chapter
  12. Ephesians 1:20 which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set [him] 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 it V-AAI-3S
    verse | pericope | chapter
  13. Ephesians 2:2 in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons 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) V-PAP-GSN
    verse | pericope | chapter
  14. Ephesians 3:20 and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working 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) V-PMP-ASF
    verse | pericope | chapter
  15. Philippians 2:13 for God it is who is working 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) V-PAP-NSM
    verse | pericope | chapter
  16. Colossians 1:29 for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.
    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) V-PMP-ASF
    verse | pericope | chapter
  17. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Because of this also, we — we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;
    energeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PMI-3S
    verse | pericope | chapter
  18. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now [will hinder] — till he may be out of the way,
    energeitai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle (the subject acts with self-involvement) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PMI-3S
    verse | pericope | chapter
  19. James 5:16 Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
    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) V-PMP-NSF
    verse | pericope | chapter