LXX Concordance for ἔργον

Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

“In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat ​— ​you may do only that.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You must not do any work ​— ​you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates.

“You are to make a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen with a design of cherubim worked into it.

“For the entrance to the tent you are to make a screen embroidered[fn] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

“They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered[fn] with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

“Engrave the two stones with the names of Israel's sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. Mount them, surrounded with gold filigree settings.

“and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.

“You are to make braided chains[fn] of pure gold cord work for the breastpiece.

“There should be an opening at its top in the center of it. Around the opening, there should be a woven collar with an opening like that of body armor[fn] so that it does not tear.

“You are to weave the tunic from fine linen, make a turban of fine linen, and make an embroidered sash.

“Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

“Observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must be put to death. If anyone does work on it, that person must be cut off from his people.

“For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.

“He has filled them with skill[fn] to do all the work of a gem cutter; a designer; an embroiderer[fn] in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen; and a weaver. They can do every kind of craft and design artistic designs.

Then all the artisans who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing

Then he made the curtain with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. He made it with a design of cherubim worked into it.

He made a screen embroidered[fn] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen for the entrance to the tent,

He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant, and expertly blended incense.

He constructed for the altar a grate of bronze mesh under its ledge,[fn] halfway up from the bottom.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he[fn] cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen in a skillful design.

The artistically woven waistband that was on the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

He also made the embroidered[fn] breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.

They made braided chains of pure gold cord for the breastpiece.

They made the woven robe of the ephod entirely of blue yarn.

They made the tunics of fine woven linen for Aaron and his sons.

and the sash of finely spun linen expertly embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. They did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

“The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts[fn] may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.

“This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the alien who resides among you.

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.

“On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

“On that same day you are to make a proclamation and hold a sacred assembly. You are not to do any daily work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live throughout your generations.

“You must not do any daily work, but you must present a food offering to the LORD.”

“On this particular day you are not to do any work, for it is a Day of Atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the LORD your God.

“I will destroy among his people anyone who does any work on this same day.

“There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work.

from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified to do the work of serving at the tent of meeting and transporting it.

“On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

“On the seventh day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

“You are to hold a sacred assembly in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, and you are not to do any daily work. This will be a day of trumpet blasts for you.

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month and practice self-denial; do not do any work.

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; you do not do any daily work. You are to celebrate a seven-day festival for the LORD.

“On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Do not do any work ​— ​you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident alien who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.

“Eat unleavened bread for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God; do not do any work.

“‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.'

And all the people will reply, ‘Amen! '

The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua's lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua. They had seen all the LORD's great works he had done for Israel.

That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works he had done for Israel.

When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.[fn]

Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and choice animals,[fn] as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.

Solomon's own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, his wife.[fn]

He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze craftsman. Hiram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge to do every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

He made the pillars with two encircling rows of pomegranates on the one grating to cover the capital on top; he did the same for the second capital.

The basin was three inches[fn] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held eleven thousand gallons.[fn]

and on the frames between the cross-pieces were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the cross-pieces there was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging[fn] work.

So all the work King Solomon did in the LORD's temple was completed. Then Solomon brought in the consecrated things of his father David ​— ​the silver, the gold, and the utensils ​— ​and put them in the treasuries of the LORD's temple.

He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold.

When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stopped his work.

Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you formed an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken up what you have made.” So the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.

However, since there were not enough priests, they weren't able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious[fn] to consecrate themselves than the priests were.

Shaphan took the book to the king, and also reported, “Your servants are doing all that was placed in their hands.

Leave the construction of the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

“But there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We don't have the stamina to stay out in the open. This isn't something that can be done in a day or two, for we have rebelled terribly in this matter.

And our enemies said, “They won't realize it[fn] until we're among them and can kill them and stop the work.”

When our enemies heard that we knew their scheme and that God had frustrated it, every one of us returned to his own work on the wall.

So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.

Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of this wall, and all my subordinates were gathered there for the work. We didn't buy any land.

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing important work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you? ”

When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence,[fn] for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

Some of the family heads contributed to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins,[fn] 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.

and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah

I also found out that because the portions for the Levites had not been given, each of the Levites and the singers performing the service had gone back to his own field.

So I purified them from everything foreign and assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

Man goes out to his work

and to his labor until evening.

Let this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,

to those who speak evil against me.

Many a person proclaims his own loyalty,

but who can find a trustworthy person?

She draws on her strength[fn]

and reveals that her arms are strong.

No head or tail, palm or reed,

will be able to do anything for Egypt.

For the LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim.

He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,

to do his work, his unexpected work,

and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.

“Look, I have created the craftsman

who blows on the charcoal fire

and produces a weapon suitable for its task;

and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

Look, the LORD has proclaimed

to the ends of the earth,

“Say to Daughter Zion:

Look, your salvation is coming,

his wages are with him,

and his reward accompanies him.”

“Do not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your ancestors.

“ ‘However, if you listen to me ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration ​— ​and do not bring loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it,

So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.[fn]

Look at the nations[fn] and observe —

be utterly astounded!

For I am doing something in your days

that you will not believe

when you hear about it.

“When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, ‘What is your occupation? '

And Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation? ”

They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our ancestors, are shepherds.”

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God's writing, engraved on the tablets.

The screen for the gate of the courtyard was made of finely spun linen, expertly embroidered[fn] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. It was 30 feet[fn] long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7½ feet[fn] high.[fn]

“When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean ​— ​any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

He told her, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be like any other man.”

This was the design of the carts: They had frames; the frames were between the cross-pieces,

The wheels' design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon ​— ​God has chosen him alone ​— ​is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the building will not be built for a human but for the LORD God.

Now the construction of God's house in Jerusalem had stopped and remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Let it be known to the king that we went to the house of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being built with cut[fn] stones, and its beams are being set in the walls. This work is being done diligently and succeeding through the people's efforts.

Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is enormous and spread out, and we are separated far from one another along the wall.

At that time, I also said to the people, “Let everyone and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing important work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you? ”

All that he does is splendid and majestic;

his righteousness endures forever.

See, the Lord GOD comes with strength,

and his power establishes his rule.

His wages are with him,

and his reward accompanies him.

Yet LORD, you are our Father;

we are the clay, and you are our potter;

we all are the work of your hands.

for the customs of the peoples are worthless.

Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;

it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

The LORD opened his armory

and brought out his weapons of wrath,

because it is a task of the Lord GOD of Armies

in the land of the Chaldeans.

The appearance of the wheels and their craftsmanship was like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their appearance and craftsmanship was like a wheel within a wheel.

Though the fig tree does not bud

and there is no fruit on the vines,

though the olive crop fails

and the fields produce no food,

though the flocks disappear from the pen

and there are no herds in the stalls,