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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 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 - When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:24 - A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:19 - Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
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