ἐργάζομαι ergazomai · G2038

to work

ἐργάζομαι; (ἔργον), [in LXX for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc. ; ] ; 1. intrans., ; (a) to work, labour: Mat.21:28, Luk.13:14, Jhn.5:17 9:4 b, Act.18:3, 1Co.9:6, 2Th.3:10-12; τ. χερσίν, 1Co.4:12, 1Th.4:11; νυκτὸς κ. ἡαέρας, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8; of working for pay, Mat.21:28; for reward, Rom.4:4-5; (b) to work at a trade or business, to trade: before Iv (Dem.), Mat.25:16. ; 2. Trans., ; (a) to work, work out, do, produce, perform: with accusative, 2Co.7:10, Col.3:23, 2Th.3:11, Jas.1:20, 2Jn.8, before εἰς, III Jn 5; ἔργον, Act.13:41 (LXX); id. before εἰς, Mat.26:10; ἐν, Mrk.14:6; ἔργα, Jhn.3:21; τὰ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.6:28 9:4; τὸ ἔ. κυρίου, 1Co.16:10; τ. ἀγαθόν, Rom.2:10, Eph.4:28 (see AR, Eph.) 190); …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐργάζομαι, ; [], etc., Cretan dialect ϝεργάδδομαι []: future -άσομαι [], etc., Doric dialect []: aorist εἰργασάμην, Ionic dialect []: perfect εἴργασμαι, Ionic dialect[] —These tenses are used both in middle and passive significations: for other passive tenses, see below[]; but this rule is often broken in later Papyrus, Inscrr., and codices:—work, labour, especially of husbandry, []; of quarrymen, []; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, []; of birds working to get food, []; of bees, []; of …

Where it's used 41 times

Matthew 7:23 · Matthew 21:28 · Matthew 25:16 · Matthew 26:10 · Mark 14:6 · Luke 13:14 · John 3:21 · John 5:17 · John 6:27 · John 6:28 · John 6:30 · John 9:4 · Acts 10:35 · Acts 13:41 · Acts 18:3 · Romans 2:10 · Romans 4:4 · Romans 4:5 · Romans 13:10 · 1 Corinthians 4:12 · 1 Corinthians 9:6 · 1 Corinthians 9:13 · 1 Corinthians 16:10 · 2 Corinthians 7:10 · Galatians 6:10 · Ephesians 4:28 · Colossians 3:23 · 1 Thessalonians 2:9 · 1 Thessalonians 4:11 · 2 Thessalonians 3:8 · 2 Thessalonians 3:10 · 2 Thessalonians 3:11 · 2 Thessalonians 3:12 · Hebrews 11:33 · James 1:20 · James 2:9 · 2 John 1:8 · 3 John 1:5 · Revelation 18:17 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G2038; TFLSJ G2038

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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