ἐργάζομαι ergazomai G2038
“I word, trade, do” — 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
- 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
- ἐνεργέω energeō G1754 “I work, accomplish, am operative” built from ἐνεργής, ἐναργής G1756 (per Strong's) in 19 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 ASV as: work ×11, worketh ×6, wrought ×4, working ×3, she hath wrought ×2, minister ×1, to work with ×1, doest ×1, let us work ×1, commit ×1, traded ×1, their living ×1, worketh not ×1 (34 links)
Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?
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Dodson Greek Lexicon [G2038]
I work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor.
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39 verse(s)
- Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.ergazomenoi – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · vocative plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-VPM - Matthew 21:28 But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.ergazou – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · imperative (a command or request) · you (one person)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNM-2S - Matthew 25:16 Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.ērgasato – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-ADI-3S - Matthew 26:10 But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.ērgasato – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-ADI-3S - Mark 14:6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.ērgasato – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-ADI-3S - Luke 13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNN - John 3:21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.eirgasmena – perfect (completed, with a lasting result) · passive (done to the subject) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative plural neuter (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-RPP-NPN - John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PNI-3S - John 6:27 Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.ergazesthe – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · imperative (a command or request) · you (plural)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNM-2P - John 6:28 They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? verse | pericope | chapter
- John 6:30 They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? verse | pericope | chapter
- John 9:4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNN - Acts 10:35 but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.ergazomenos – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-NSM - Acts 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you. verse | pericope | chapter
- Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.ērgazeto – imperfect (ongoing or repeated action in the past) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-INI-3S - Romans 2:10 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:ergazomenō – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · dative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-DSM - Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.ergazomenō – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · dative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-DSM - Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.ergazomenō – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · dative singular masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-DSM - Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PNI-3S - 1 Corinthians 4:12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; verse | pericope | chapter
- 1 Corinthians 9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNN - 1 Corinthians 9:13 Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?ergazomenoi – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-NPM - 1 Corinthians 16:10 Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do: verse | pericope | chapter
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. verse | pericope | chapter
- Galatians 6:10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.ergazōmetha – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · weverse | pericope | chapter
V-PNS-1P - Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need. verse | pericope | chapter
- Colossians 3:23 whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;ergazesthe – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · imperative (a command or request) · you (plural)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNM-2P - 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.ergazomenoi – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-NPM - 1 Thessalonians 4:11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNN - 2 Thessalonians 3:8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:ergazomenoi – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-NPM - 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNN - 2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.ergazomenous – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · accusative plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-APM - 2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.ergazomenoi – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · participle (verb used like an adjective) · nominative plural masculine (matches the word it goes with)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNP-NPM - Hebrews 11:33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,eirgasanto – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · theyverse | pericope | chapter
V-ADI-3P - James 1:20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or itverse | pericope | chapter
V-PNI-3S - James 2:9 but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.ergazesthe – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · you (plural)verse | pericope | chapter
V-PNI-2P - 2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.eirgasametha – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · weverse | pericope | chapter
V-ADI-1P - 3 John 1:5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;ergasē – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · you (one person)verse | pericope | chapter
V-ADS-2S - Revelation 18:17 for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,ergazontai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · theyverse | pericope | chapter
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