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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 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 had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - The LORD God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - Complete my older daughter's bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - For six days you may labor and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to make artistic designs for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5 - and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - "On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:10 - Every skilled person among you is to come and make all that the LORD has commanded:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work they were doing

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - Moses instructed them to take his message throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - "After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting, to attend to needs, but they must do no work. This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:51 - Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:13 - You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - You must set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked - that has never pulled with the yoke -

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - You will cultivate the land for him - you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will be a regular guest at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 kors of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:6 - They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - "Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:32 - Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - All those who behave wickedly do not understand - those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:2 - Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:1 - O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - All those who behave wickedly do not understand - those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O LORD God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:12 - But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - Indeed, look at your enemies, O LORD! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

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