ἔργον ergon · G2041
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work
ἔργον, -ου, τό (originally Ϝέργον, work), [very frequently in LXX, chiefly for מַשֶׂה, מְלָאכָה, also for עֲבֹדָה, פֹּעַל, etc. ; ] ; 1. work, task, employment: Mrk.13:34, Jhn.4:34 17:4, Act.13:2, Php.1:22 2:30, 1Th.5:13, al.; of an enterprise or undertaking (Deu.15:10, Wis.2:12), Act.5:38. ; 2. a deed, action: Tit.1:16, Jas.1:25 . listing, from λόγος, Luk.24:19, Rom.15:18, 2Th.2:17, 1Jn.3:18; ἐν λόγοις κ. ἔ., Act.7:22; of acts of God, Jhn.9:3, Act.13:41" (LXX), Heb.4:10, Rev.15:3; of Christ, Mat.11:2; esp. in Jo, e.g. 5:20, 36 7:3 10:38 14:11, 12 15:24; in ethical sense, of human actions (AR, Eph., 190), bad or good, Mat.23:3, Luk.11:48, Jhn.3:20, 21 Jas.2:14ff. 3:13, Rev.2:5 3:8; τὸ ἔ., …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἔργον, ; Doric dialect ϝέργον [], Elean ϝάργον [] weorc (neuter) 'work', Avest. var[schwa]za-):— work, []; especially in plural, []; τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε see to thine own tasks, []; 1 in []works or deeds of war, []; ἐν τῷ ἔ. during the action, []; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι to engage in battle, []; 2 of peaceful contests, []; also ἔργα θῆκε κάλλιστ᾽ ἀμφὶ κόμαις placed [the reward of] noble deeds about his hair, []; 3 of works of industry, ; 3.a of tillage, tilled lands, []; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτ᾽ ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο …
Where it's used 176 times
Matthew 5:16 · Matthew 11:2 · Matthew 11:19 · Matthew 23:3 · Matthew 23:5 · Matthew 26:10 · Mark 13:34 · Mark 14:6 · Luke 11:48 · Luke 24:19 · John 3:19 · John 3:20 · John 3:21 · John 4:34 · John 5:20 · John 5:36 · John 6:28 · John 6:29 · John 7:3 · John 7:7 · John 7:21 · John 8:39 · John 8:41 · John 9:3 · John 9:4 · John 10:25 · John 10:32 · John 10:33 · John 10:37 · John 10:38 · John 14:10 · John 14:11 · John 14:12 · John 15:24 · John 17:4 · Acts 5:38 · Acts 7:22 · Acts 7:41 · Acts 9:36 · Acts 13:2 · Acts 13:41 · Acts 14:26 · Acts 15:18 · Acts 15:38 · Acts 26:20 · Romans 2:6 · Romans 2:7 · Romans 2:15 · Romans 3:20 · Romans 3:27 · Romans 3:28 · Romans 4:2 · Romans 4:6 · Romans 9:32 · Romans 11:6 · Romans 13:3 · Romans 13:12 · Romans 14:20 · Romans 15:18 · 1 Corinthians 3:13 … and 116 more
Source: TBESG G2041; TFLSJ G2041
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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