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Strong's G2038 · Greek

ἐργάζομαι

ergazomai · er-gad'-zom-ahee

middle voice from 2041; to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐργάζομαι (G2038)

37 ἐργάζομαι ( ἔργον ), [in LXX for עָבַד , פָּעַל , עָשָׂה , etc. ;] intrans., to work, labour : Mt 21:28 , Lk 13:14 , Jo 5:17 9:4 b , Ac 18:3 , I Co 9:6 , II Th 3:10-12 ; τ. χερσίν , I Co 4:12 , I Th 4:11 ; νυκτὸς κ. ἡαέρας , I Th 2:9 , II Th 3:8 ; of working for pay, Mt 21:28 ; for reward, Ro 4:4 , 5 ; to work at a trade or business, to trade : seq. ἐν (Dem.), Mt 25:16 . Trans., to work, work out, do, produce, perform : c. acc, II Co 7:10 , Col 3:23 , II Th 3:11 , Ja 1:20 , II Jo 8 , seq. εἰς , III Jo 5 ; ἔργον , Ac 13:41 (LXX) ; id. seq. εἰς , Mt 26:10 ; ἐν , Mk 14:6 ; ἔργα , Jo 3:21 ; τὰ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ , Jo 6:28 9:4 ; τὸ ἔ. κυρίου , I Co 16:10 ; τ. ἀγαθόν , Ro 2:10 , Eph 4:28 (v. AR, Eph. ) 190); id. seq. πρός , Ga 6:10 ; κακόν , seq. dat. pers. (more freq. dupl. acc, in cl.), Ro 13:10 ; δικαιοσύνην , Ac 10:35 , He 11:33 ; ἀνομίαν , Mt 7:23 ; ἁμαρτίαν , Ja 2:9 ; σημεῖον , Jo 6:30 ; τ. ἱερά , I Co 9:13 ; τ. θάλασσαν ( work the sea , i.e. make one's living from it), Re 18:17 ; to work for, earn by working (cl.): Jo 6:27 (cf. κατ- , περι- , προσ-εργάζομαι ; Cremer, 258; on the force of the aorist of this verb, v. M, Pr. , 116).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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