STRONGS G1754:
ἐνεργέω,
ἐνέργω; 1 aorist
ἐνήργησα; perfect
ἐνήργηκα (
Ephesians 1:20 L T WH text
Tr marginal reading); (
ἐνεργός (see
ἐνεργής));
1. intransitive,
to be operative, be at work, put forth power: followed by
ἐν with the dative of person,
Matthew 14:2;
Mark 6:14;
Ephesians 2:2; followed by the dative of advantage (dative commodi; (cf.
Lightfoot on Galatians, as below)),
to work for one,
aid one,
εἰς τί, unto (the accomplishing of) something (
Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)):
εἰς ἀποστολήν, unto the assumption (or discharge) of the apostolic office;
εἰς τά ἔθνη, equivalent to
εἰς ἀποστολήν (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.;
Buttmann, § 147, 8)
τῶν ἐθνῶν,
Galatians 2:8.
2. transitive,
to effect:
τί,
1 Corinthians 12:11; (
Ephesians 1:11);
ἐνεργεῖν ἐνέργειαν,
Ephesians 1:19f;
τί ἐν τίνι, the dative of person,
1 Corinthians 12:6 (
Buttmann, 124 (109));
Galatians 3:5;
Philippians 2:13.
3. Middle, present
ἐνεργοῦμαι; (imperfect
ἐνηργουμην); (not found in the O. T. or in secular auth, and in the N. T. used only by Paul and James (cf.
Lightfoot on Galatians, as below)); it is used only of things (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 38, 6 at the end; (
Buttmann, 193 (167))),
to display one's activity, show oneself operative: (
2 Thessalonians 2:7 (see
μυστήριον, 2 at the end)); followed by
ἐν with the dative of the thing, where,
Romans 7:5;
ἐν with the dative of the condition,
2 Corinthians 1:6;
ἐν with the dative of person in whose mind a thing shows itself active,
2 Corinthians 4:12;
Ephesians 3:20;
Colossians 1:29;
1 Thessalonians 2:13; followed by
διά with the genitive of thing,
Galatians 5:6. In
James 5:16 ἐνεργουμένη does not have the force of an adjective, but gives the reason why the
δέησις of a righteous man has outward success, viz. as due to the fact that it exhibits its activity (
works) (inwardly), i. e. is solemn and earnest. (The active (and passive) in Greek writings from
Aristotle down.) (On this word cf. (besides
Lightfoot on
Galatians 2:8;
Galatians 5:6) Fritzsche and Vaughan on
Romans 7:5; Ellicott on Galatians, 2:8.)
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