ἐνεργέω, 
ἐνέργω; 1 aorist 
ἐνήργησα; perfect 
ἐνήργηκα (
Ephesians 1:20 L T WH text 
Tr marginal reading); (
ἐνεργός (see 
ἐνεργής)); 
1. intransitive, 
to be operative, be at work, put forth power: followed by 
ἐν with the dative of person, 
Matthew 14:2; 
Mark 6:14; 
Ephesians 2:2; followed by the dative of advantage (dative commodi; (cf. 
Lightfoot on Galatians, as below)), 
to work for one, 
aid one, 
εἰς τί, unto (the accomplishing of) something (
Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)): 
εἰς ἀποστολήν, unto the assumption (or discharge) of the apostolic office; 
εἰς τά ἔθνη, equivalent to 
εἰς ἀποστολήν (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.; 
Buttmann, § 147, 8) 
τῶν ἐθνῶν, 
Galatians 2:8. 
2. transitive, 
to effect: 
τί, 
1 Corinthians 12:11; (
Ephesians 1:11); 
ἐνεργεῖν ἐνέργειαν, 
Ephesians 1:19f; 
τί ἐν τίνι, the dative of person, 
1 Corinthians 12:6 (
Buttmann, 124 (109)); 
Galatians 3:5; 
Philippians 2:13. 
3. Middle, present 
ἐνεργοῦμαι; (imperfect 
ἐνηργουμην); (not found in the O. T. or in secular auth, and in the N. T. used only by Paul and James (cf. 
Lightfoot on Galatians, as below)); it is used only of things (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 38, 6 at the end; (
Buttmann, 193 (167))), 
to display one's activity, show oneself operative: (
2 Thessalonians 2:7 (see 
μυστήριον, 2 at the end)); followed by 
ἐν with the dative of the thing, where, 
Romans 7:5; 
ἐν with the dative of the condition, 
2 Corinthians 1:6; 
ἐν with the dative of person in whose mind a thing shows itself active, 
2 Corinthians 4:12; 
Ephesians 3:20; 
Colossians 1:29; 
1 Thessalonians 2:13; followed by 
διά with the genitive of thing, 
Galatians 5:6. In 
James 5:16 ἐνεργουμένη does not have the force of an adjective, but gives the reason why the 
δέησις of a righteous man has outward success, viz. as due to the fact that it exhibits its activity (
works) (inwardly), i. e. is solemn and earnest. (The active (and passive) in Greek writings from 
Aristotle down.) (On this word cf. (besides 
Lightfoot on 
Galatians 2:8; 
Galatians 5:6) Fritzsche and Vaughan on 
Romans 7:5; Ellicott on Galatians, 2:8.) 
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