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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 - And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:28 - But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16 - Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:21 - But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:17 - But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 - Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:28 - They said therefore unto 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 unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:41 -
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish;
For I work a work in your days,
A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:3 - and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10 - but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:4 - Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:5 - But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and 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 I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they that wait upon 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 come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh 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 worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:10 - So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:23 - whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your 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 for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working 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, this we commanded you, If any 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 that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:12 - Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, 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, wrought 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 wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:9 - but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:8 - Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:5 - Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:17 - for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
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