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Lexicon :: Strong's G2038 - ergazomai

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ἐργάζομαι
Transliteration
ergazomai (Key)
Pronunciation
er-gad'-zom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from ἔργον (G2041)
mGNT
41x in 18 unique form(s) TR
39x in 18 unique form(s) LXX
96x in 32 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:635,251

Strong’s Definitions

ἐργάζομαι ergázomai, er-gad'-zom-ahee; middle voice from G2041; to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.:—commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's G2038 in the following manner: work (22x), wrought (7x), do (3x), minister about (1x), forbear working (with G3361) (1x), labour for (1x), labour (1x), commit (1x), trade by (1x), trade (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's G2038 in the following manner: work (22x), wrought (7x), do (3x), minister about (1x), forbear working (with G3361) (1x), labour for (1x), labour (1x), commit (1x), trade by (1x), trade (1x).

  1. to work, labour, do work

  2. to trade, to make gains by trading, "do business"

  3. to do, work out

    1. exercise, perform, commit

    2. to cause to exist, produce

  4. to work for, earn by working, to acquire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐργάζομαι ergázomai, er-gad'-zom-ahee; middle voice from G2041; to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.:—commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.
STRONGS G2038:
ἐργάζομαι; deponent middle; imperfect ἐιργαζομην (ἠργαζομην, Acts 18:3 L T Tr WH; (so elsewhere at times; this variant in augment is found in the aorist also); cf. Winers Grammar, sec 12, 8; Buttmann, 33 (29f); Stephanus Thesaurus iii. 1970 c.; (Curtius, Das Verbum, i. 124; Cramer, Anecd. 4, 412; Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist εἰργασάμην (ἠργάσατο, Matthew 25:16; (Matthew 26:10); Mark 14:6, in T WH, (add, 2 John 1:8 WH and Hebrews 11:33 T Tr WH; cf. references as above)); pf. εἴργασμαι, in a pass. sense (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 7 e.), John 3:21, as often in Greek writings (cf. Veitch, under the word); (ἔργον); Sept. for פָּעַל, עָבַד, sometimes for עָשָׂה.;
1. absolutely,
a. to work, labor, do work: it is opposite to inactivity or idleness, Luke 13:14; John 5:17; John 9:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; with addition of ταῖς χερσί, 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; with the accusative of time: νύκτα καί ἡμέραν, 2 Thessalonians 3:8 (but L text T Tr WH the genitive, as in 1 Thessalonians 2:9 (see ἡμέρα, 1 a.); cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 11 and Ellic. on 1 Timothy 5:5); with the predominant idea of working for pay, Matthew 21:28 (ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι); Acts 18:3; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:12; according to the conception characteristic of Paul, ὁ ἐργαζόμενος he that does works conformed to the law (Germ.der Werkthatige): Romans 4:4f.
b. to trade, to make gains by trading, (cf. our do business): ἐν τίνι, with a thing, Matthew 25:16 (often so by Demosthenes).
2. transitive,
a. (to work, i. e.) to do, work out: τί, Colossians 3:23; 2 John 1:8 (with which (according to reading of L T Tr text) cf. 1 Corinthians 15:58 end); μηδέν, 2 Thessalonians 3:11 ἔργον, Acts 13:41 (פֹּעַל פָּעַל, Habakkuk 1:5); ἔργον καλόν εἰς τινα, Matthew 26:10; ἐν τίνι (the dative of person (cf. Winer's Grammar, 218 (205))), Mark 14:6 (Rec. εἰς ἐμέ); ἔργα, wrought, passive, John 3:21; τά ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ, what God wishes to be done, John 6:28; John 9:4; τοῦ κυρίου, to give one's strength to the work which the Lord wishes to have done, 1 Corinthians 16:10; τό ἀγαθόν, (Romans 2:10); Ephesians 4:28; πρός τινα, Galatians 6:10; κακόν τίνι τί, Romans 13:10 (τινα τί is more common in Greek writings. (Kühner, § 411, 5)); τί εἰς τινα, 3 John 1:5, with the accusative of virtues or vices, (to work, i. e.) to exercise, perform, commit": δικαιοσύνην, Acts 10:35; Hebrews 11:33, (Psalm 14:2 (Ps. 15:2); Zephaniah 2:3); τήν ἀνομίαν, Matthew 7:23 (Psalm 5:6 and often in Sept.); ἁμαρτίαν, James 2:9. σημεῖον, bring to pass, effect, John 6:30; τά ἱερά, to be busied with the holy things, i. e. to administer those things that pertain to worship, which was the business of priests and among the Jews of the Levites also, 1 Corinthians 9:13; τήν θάλασσαν literally, work the sea (mare exerceo, Justin Martyr, hist. 43, 3), i. e. to be employed on (cf. do business on, Psalm 107:23) and make one's living from it, Revelation 18:17 (so of sailors and fishermen also in native Greek writings, as Aristot. probl. 38, 2 (p. 966{b}, 26); Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 3, 46; App. Punic. 2; (Lucian, de elect. 5; Winers Grammar, 223 (209))). to cause to exist, produce: τί, so (for R G κατεργάζεται) 2 Corinthians 7:10 L T Tr WH; James 1:20 L T Tr WH.
b. to work for, earn by working, to acquire, (cf. Germ.erarbeiten): τήν βρῶσιν, John 6:27 (χρήματα, Herodotus 1, 24; τά ἐπιτήδεια, Xenophon, mem. 2, 8, 2; Demosthenes 1358, 12; ἀργύριον, Plato, Hipp., major edition, p. 282 d.; βίον, Andocides () myst. (18, 42) 144 Bekker; θησαυρούς, Theod., Proverbs 21:6; βρῶμα, Palaeph. 21, 2; others); according to many interpreters also 2 John 1:8; but see 2 a. above. (Compare: κατεργάζομαι, περιεργάζομαι, προσεργάζομαι.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
5:6; 14:2; 15:2; 107:23
Proverbs
21:6
Habakkuk
1:5
Zephaniah
2:3
Matthew
7:23; 21:28; 25:16; 25:16; 26:10; 26:10
Mark
14:6; 14:6
Luke
13:14
John
3:21; 3:21; 5:17; 6:27; 6:28; 6:30; 9:4; 9:4
Acts
10:35; 13:41; 18:3; 18:3
Romans
2:10; 4:4; 13:10
1 Corinthians
4:12; 9:6; 9:13; 15:58; 16:10
2 Corinthians
7:10
Galatians
6:10
Ephesians
4:28
Colossians
3:23
1 Thessalonians
2:9; 4:11
2 Thessalonians
3:8; 3:10; 3:11; 3:12
1 Timothy
5:5
Hebrews
11:33; 11:33
James
1:20; 2:9
2 John
1:8; 1:8; 1:8
3 John
1:5
Revelation
18:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2038 matches the Greek ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:23 - Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:28 - But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16 - Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Yeshua, knowing this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Yeshua said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Yeshua had healed on the Shabbat, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the day of Shabbat!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:21 - But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:17 - But Yeshua answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 - Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:28 - They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:30 - They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:41 - 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:3 - and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10 - But glory and honor and shalom to every man who works good, to the Yehudi first, and also to the Yevanit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:4 - Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:5 - But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - We toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:6 - Or have only Bar-Nabba and I no right to not work?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:10 - Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:10 - For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:10 - So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:23 - And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:10 - For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:11 - For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:12 - Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:33 - who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:20 - for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:9 - But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:8 - Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:5 - Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:17 - For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
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