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Lexicon :: Strong's G2039 - ergasia

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ἐργασία
Transliteration
ergasia (Key)
Pronunciation
er-gas-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:635,251

Strong’s Definitions

ἐργασία ergasía, er-gas-ee'-ah; from G2040; occupation; by implication, profit, pains:—craft, diligence, gain, work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2039 in the following manner: gain (3x), craft (1x), diligence (1x), work (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2039 in the following manner: gain (3x), craft (1x), diligence (1x), work (1x).

  1. a working, performing

  2. work, business

  3. gain got by work, profit

  4. endeavour, pains

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐργασία ergasía, er-gas-ee'-ah; from G2040; occupation; by implication, profit, pains:—craft, diligence, gain, work.
STRONGS G2039:
ἐργασία, -ας, ἡ, (ἐργάζομαι);
1. equivalent to τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, a working, performing: ἀκαθαρσίας, Ephesians 4:19.
2. work, business: Acts 19:25 (Xenophon, oec. 6, 8, and others).
3. gain got by work, profit: Acts 16:19; παρέχειν ἐργασίαν τινί, Acts 16:16; Acts 19:24 [yet others refer this to 2 above]; (Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 1; cyneg. 3, 3; Polybius 4, 50, 3).
4. endeavor, pains [A. V. diligence]: δίδωμι ἐργασίαν, after the Latinism operam do, Luke 12:58 (Hermog. de invent. 3, 5, 7).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
12:58
Acts
16:16; 16:19; 19:24; 19:25
Ephesians
4:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2039 matches the Greek ἐργασία (ergasia),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mold has spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a persistent defiling mold; the article is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:20 - Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 - But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the work—descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives—seventeen hundred able men—were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the king’s service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the LORD, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the LORD. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the LORD’s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - had charge of the laborers and supervised all the workers from job to job. Some of the Levites were secretaries, scribes and gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:17 - They have paid out the money that was in the temple of the LORD and have entrusted it to the supervisors and workers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23 - Then people go out to their work, to their labor until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:31 - The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24 - But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3 - Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:5 - If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”
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