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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a demon-possessed slave girl. She was a fortune-teller who earned a lot of money for her masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 - Her masters’ hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:24 - It began with Demetrius, a silversmith who had a large business manufacturing silver shrines of the Greek goddess Artemis.[fn] He kept many craftsmen busy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - He called them together, along with others employed in similar trades, and addressed them as follows:
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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:19 - They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.
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