ἐργάζομαι ergazomai G2038

“I word, trade, do” — Dodson Greek Lexicon

Rendered in BSB as: work ×3, she has done ×2, do ×2, we worked ×2, workers ×1, and work ×1, and put them to work ×1, accomplished ×1, is at his work ×1, am working ×1, work for ×1, perform ×1, will you do ×1, am doing ×1, worked ×1, does ×1, the worker ×1, does not work ×1, vvv ×1, work for a living ×1 (40 links)

Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?

39 verse(s)

1. Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
   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) V-PNP-VPM
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2. Matthew 21:28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
   ergazou – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · imperative (a command or request) · you (one person) V-PNM-2S
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3. Matthew 25:16 The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
   ērgasato – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-ADI-3S
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4. Matthew 26:10 Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
   ērgasato – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-ADI-3S
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5. Mark 14:6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
   ērgasato – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-ADI-3S
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6. Luke 13:14 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.”
   ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form) V-PNN
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7. John 3:21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished 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) V-RPP-NPN
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8. John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
   ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PNI-3S
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9. John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
   ergazesthe – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · imperative (a command or request) · you (plural) V-PNM-2P
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10. John 6:28 Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
    ergazōmetha – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · we V-PNS-1P
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11. John 6:30 So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
    ergazē – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · you (one person) V-PNI-2S
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12. John 9:4 While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
    ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form) V-PNN
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13. Acts 10:35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
    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) V-PNP-NSM
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14. Acts 13:41 ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
    ergazomai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · I V-PNI-1S
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15. Acts 18:3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
    ērgazeto – imperfect (ongoing or repeated action in the past) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-INI-3S
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16. Romans 2:10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for 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) V-PNP-DSM
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17. Romans 4:4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
    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) V-PNP-DSM
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18. Romans 4:5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as 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) V-PNP-DSM
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19. Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
    ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PNI-3S
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20. 1 Corinthians 4:12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; verse | pericope | chapter
21. 1 Corinthians 9:6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
    ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form) V-PNN
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22. 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
    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) V-PNP-NPM
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23. 1 Corinthians 16:10 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.
    ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PNI-3S
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24. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
    ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PNI-3S
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25. Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
    ergazōmetha – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · we V-PNS-1P
    verse | pericope | chapter
26. Ephesians 4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
    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) V-PNP-NSM
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27. Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
    ergazesthe – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · imperative (a command or request) · you (plural) V-PNM-2P
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28. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to 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) V-PNP-NPM
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29. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
    ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form) V-PNN
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30. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to 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) V-PNP-NPM
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31. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
    ergazesthai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · infinitive ('to …' form) V-PNN
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32. 2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being 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) V-PNP-APM
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33. 2 Thessalonians 3:12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
    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) V-PNP-NPM
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34. Hebrews 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
    eirgasanto – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · they V-ADI-3P
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35. James 1:20 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
    ergazetai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · he, she or it V-PNI-3S
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36. James 2:9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
    ergazesthe – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · you (plural) V-PNI-2P
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37. 2 John 1:8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
    eirgasametha – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · we V-ADI-1P
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38. 3 John 1:5 Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
    ergasē – aorist (a completed action, seen as a whole) · middle form (translated as active) · subjunctive (possible / intended / 'if') · you (one person) V-ADS-2S
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39. Revelation 18:17 For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
    ergazontai – present (ongoing or repeated action) · middle/passive form (translated as active) · indicative (stated as fact) · they V-PNI-3P
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