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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 96 times in 92 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:5–Psa 92:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [fn]cultivate the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - “Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - “Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to [fn]make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in [fn]bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5 - and in the cutting of stones [fn]for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of [fn]craftsmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - “You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:10 - ‘Let every skillful man among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - And all the [fn]skillful men who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from [fn]the work which [fn]he was performing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses issued a command, and a [fn]proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the [fn]contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - Moreover, from the [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place [fn]as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - ‘He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - “They shall perform the duties for [fn]him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - “Aaron then shall [fn]present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may [fn]qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - “Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and present them as a wave offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - “I have given the Levites as [fn]a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by [fn]their coming near to the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - “But at the age of fifty years they shall [fn]retire from service in the work and not work any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may, however, [fn]assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their obligations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:51 - Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:13 - ‘Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - “You shall consecrate to the LORD your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “It shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - “You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall [fn]eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of [fn]those who performed their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the [fn]agricultural workers who tilled the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - “Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 [fn]kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 [fn]kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:6 - “They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - “Behold, God does all these [fn]oftentimes with men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:32 - Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
You hate all who do iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:2 - He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who work iniquity,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There the doers of iniquity have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:1 - For the choir director. A [fn]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our fathers have told us
The work that You did in their days,
In the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge,
Who eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver me from those who do iniquity
And save me from men of bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to [fn]punish all the nations;
Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:12 - Yet God is my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD,
For, behold, Your enemies will perish;
All who do iniquity will be scattered.

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