ἐργάζομαι
Transliteration
ergazomai (Key)
Pronunciation
er-gad'-zom-ahee
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)
εἰργάζετο — 1x
εἰργασάμεθα — 1x
εἰργάσαντο — 1x
εἰργάσατο — 3x
εἰργασμένα — 1x
ἐργάζεσθαι — 6x
ἐργάζεσθε — 3x
ἐργάζεται — 3x
ἐργάζῃ — 1x
ἐργάζομαι — 2x
ἐργαζόμενοι — 6x
ἐργαζόμενος — 2x
ἐργαζομένους — 1x
ἐργαζομένῳ — 3x
ἐργάζονται — 1x
ἐργάζου — 1x
ἐργαζώμεθα — 2x
ἐργάσῃ — 1x
εἰργασάμεθα — 1x
εἰργάσαντο — 1x
εἰργασμένα — 1x
ἐργάζεσθαι — 6x
ἐργάζεσθε — 3x
ἐργάζεται — 5x
ἐργάζῃ — 1x
ἐργάζομαι — 2x
ἐργαζόμενοι — 6x
ἐργαζόμενος — 2x
ἐργαζομένους — 1x
ἐργαζομένῳ — 3x
ἐργάζονται — 1x
ἐργάζου — 1x
ἐργαζώμεθα — 2x
ἐργάσῃ — 1x
ἠργάζετο — 1x
ἠργάσατο — 3x
εἰργάσαντο — 1x
εἰργάσατο — 4x
εἰργασμένον — 1x
εἰργασμένος — 1x
εἰργασμένου — 1x
εἴργασται — 2x
εἰργάσω — 1x
ἐργᾷ — 7x
ἐργάζεσθαι — 13x
ἐργάζεσθε — 3x
ἐργαζέσθω — 1x
ἐργαζέσθωσαν — 1x
ἐργάζῃ — 1x
ἐργάζομαι — 1x
ἐργαζομένη — 1x
ἐργαζόμενοι — 11x
ἐργαζομένοις — 5x
ἐργαζόμενος — 5x
ἐργαζομένους — 6x
ἐργαζομένων — 7x
ἐργάζου — 1x
ἐργάσασθαι — 1x
ἐργάσασθε — 2x
ἐργάσησθε — 1x
ἐργάσηται — 2x
ἐργασθήσεται — 1x
ἐργᾶταί — 1x
ἐργᾶται — 6x
ἐργῶνται — 4x
ἠργάζοντο — 1x
ἠργασάμην — 1x
ἠργάσαντο — 2x
Dictionary Aids

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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References

Psalms
Psalms 5:6; Psalms 14:2; Psalms 15:2; Psalms 107:23
Proverbs
Proverbs 21:6
Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:5
Zephaniah
Zephaniah 2:3
Matthew
Matthew 7:23; Matthew 21:28; Matthew 25:16; Matthew 25:16; Matthew 26:10; Matthew 26:10
Mark
Mark 14:6; Mark 14:6
Luke
Luke 13:14
John
John 3:21; John 3:21; John 5:17; John 6:27; John 6:28; John 6:30; John 9:4; John 9:4
Acts
Acts 10:35; Acts 13:41; Acts 18:3; Acts 18:3
Romans
Romans 2:10; Romans 4:4; Romans 13:10
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 16:10
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 7:10
Galatians
Galatians 6:10
Ephesians
Ephesians 4:28
Colossians
Colossians 3:23
1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:11
2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:12
1 Timothy
1 Timothy 5:5
Hebrews
Hebrews 11:33; Hebrews 11:33
James
James 1:20; James 2:9
2 John
2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8
3 John
3 John 1:5
Revelation
Revelation 18:17
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