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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 39 times in 37 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:23 - and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:28 - But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in my vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:21 - but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested 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 hitherto and I work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 - Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:28 - They said therefore to him, What should 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 sign then doest thou that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - I must work the works of him that has 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 that 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, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:3 - and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10 - but glory and honour and peace to every one that works good, both to Jew first and to Greek:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:5 - but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore is the whole law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:6 - Or *I* alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Do ye not know that they who labour at sacred things eat of the offerings offered in the temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:10 - Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear; for he works the work of the Lord, even as I.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:10 - So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:23 - Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and 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 - nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:10 - For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:11 - For we hear that there are some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:12 - Now such we enjoin and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:33 - who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,

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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 - See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:5 - Beloved, thou doest faithfully in whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:17 - for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,
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