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).
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