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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 BoxMat 7:23 - et tunc confitebor illis quia numquam novi vos discedite a me qui operamini iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:28 - quid autem vobis videtur homo habebat duos filios et accedens ad primum dixit fili vade hodie operare in vinea mea

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16 - abiit autem qui quinque talenta acceperat et operatus est in eis et lucratus est alia quinque

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - sciens autem Iesus ait illis quid molesti estis mulieri opus bonum operata est in me

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - Iesus autem dixit sinite eam quid illi molesti estis bonum opus operata est in me

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - respondens autem archisynagogus indignans quia sabbato curasset Iesus dicebat turbae sex dies sunt in quibus oportet operari in his ergo venite et curamini et non in die sabbati

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:21 - qui autem facit veritatem venit ad lucem ut manifestentur eius opera quia in Deo sunt facta

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:17 - Iesus autem respondit eis Pater meus usque modo operatur et ego operor

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 - operamini non cibum qui perit sed qui permanet in vitam aeternam quem Filius hominis vobis dabit hunc enim Pater signavit Deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:28 - dixerunt ergo ad eum quid faciemus ut operemur opera Dei

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:30 - dixerunt ergo ei quod ergo tu facis signum ut videamus et credamus tibi quid operaris

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - me oportet operari opera eius qui misit me donec dies est venit nox quando nemo potest operari

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:35 - sed in omni gente qui timet eum et operatur iustitiam acceptus est illi

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:41 - videte contemptores et admiramini et disperdimini quia opus operor ego in diebus vestris opus quod non credetis si quis enarraverit vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:3 - et quia eiusdem erat artis manebat apud eos et operabatur erat autem scenofactoriae artis

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:10 - gloria autem et honor et pax omni operanti bonum Iudaeo primum et Graeco

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:4 - ei autem qui operatur merces non inputatur secundum gratiam sed secundum debitum

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:5 - ei vero qui non operatur credenti autem in eum qui iustificat impium reputatur fides eius ad iustitiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - dilectio proximo malum non operatur plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - et laboramus operantes manibus nostris maledicimur et benedicimus persecutionem patimur et sustinemus

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:6 - aut solus ego et Barnabas non habemus potestatem hoc operandi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - nescitis quoniam qui in sacrario operantur quae de sacrario sunt edunt qui altario deserviunt cum altario participantur

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:10 - si autem venerit Timotheus videte ut sine timore sit apud vos opus enim Domini operatur sicut et ego

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:10 - ergo dum tempus habemus operemur bonum ad omnes maxime autem ad domesticos fidei

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - qui furabatur iam non furetur magis autem laboret operando manibus quod bonum est ut habeat unde tribuat necessitatem patienti

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:23 - quodcumque facitis ex animo operamini sicut Domino et non hominibus

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - memores enim estis fratres laborem nostrum et fatigationem nocte et die operantes ne quem vestrum gravaremus praedicavimus in vobis evangelium Dei

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - et operam detis ut quieti sitis et ut vestrum negotium agatis et operemini manibus vestris sicut praecepimus vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - neque gratis panem manducavimus ab aliquo sed in labore et fatigatione nocte et die operantes ne quem vestrum gravaremus

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:10 - nam et cum essemus apud vos hoc denuntiabamus vobis quoniam si quis non vult operari nec manducet

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:11 - audimus enim inter vos quosdam ambulare inquiete nihil operantes sed curiose agentes

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:12 - his autem qui eiusmodi sunt denuntiamus et obsecramus in Domino Iesu Christo ut cum silentio operantes suum panem manducent

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:33 - qui per fidem devicerunt regna operati sunt iustitiam adepti sunt repromissiones obturaverunt ora leonum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:9 - si autem personas accipitis peccatum operamini redarguti a lege quasi transgressores

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:8 - videte vosmet ipsos ne perdatis quae operati estis sed ut mercedem plenam accipiatis

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:5 - carissime fideliter facis quicquid operaris in fratres et hoc in peregrinos

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:17 - quoniam una hora destitutae sunt tantae divitiae et omnis gubernator et omnis qui in locum navigat et nautae et qui maria operantur longe steterunt
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