ἐργασία ergasia G2039
“working, activity, trade, performance” — 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
- 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
- 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 BSB as: business ×2, every effort ×1, income ×1, making money ×1, the practice ×1 (6 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 [G2039]
working, activity, work, service, trade, business, gains of business, performance, practice.
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6 verse(s)
- Luke 12:58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.ergasian – noun · accusative (object) · singular · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-ASF - Acts 16:16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.ergasian – noun · accusative (object) · singular · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-ASF - Acts 16:19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.ergasias – noun · genitive (often 'of') · singular · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-GSF - Acts 19:24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.ergasian – noun · accusative (object) · singular · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-ASF - Acts 19:25 Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.ergasias – noun · genitive (often 'of') · singular · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-GSF - Ephesians 4:19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.ergasian – noun · accusative (object) · singular · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
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