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ἔργον
érgon · Greek · Strong's G2041 · 169 occurrences
The KJV renders 28 different Hebrew and Greek words as “work”
What it means
toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
from a primary (but obsolete) (to work);
How the KJV renders it
deed, doing, labour, work
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“work”
also renders ergázomai (G2038), poiéō (G4160), ergasía (G2039), prâxis (G4234), katergázomai (G2716), energéō (G1754), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), dâbâr (H1697), châshab (H2803), yᵉgîyaʻ (H3018), yêtser (H3336), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), maʻbâd (H4566), maʻbâd (H4567), maʻălâl (H4611), miphʻâl (H4659), miqshâh (H4749), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻăbôdâh (H5656), ʻăbîydâh (H5673), ʻălîylâh (H5949), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), pâʻal (H6466), pôʻal (H6467), pᵉʻullâh (H6468)
“labour”
“deed”
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
Where it appears
169 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:13 N-NSN1 Corinthians 3:14 N-NSN1 Corinthians 3:15 N-NSN1 Corinthians 5:2 N-ASN1 Corinthians 9:1 N-NSN1 Corinthians 15:58 N-DSN1 Corinthians 16:10 N-ASN1 John 3:8 N-APN1 John 3:12 N-NPN1 John 3:18 N-DSN1 Peter 1:17 N-ASN1 Peter 2:12 N-GPN1 Thessalonians 1:3 N-GSN1 Thessalonians 5:13 N-ASN1 Timothy 2:10 N-GPN1 Timothy 3:1 N-GSN1 Timothy 5:10 N-DPN1 Timothy 5:25 N-NPN1 Timothy 6:18 N-DPN2 Corinthians 9:8 N-ASN2 Corinthians 10:11 N-DSN2 Corinthians 11:15 N-APN2 John 1:11 N-DPN2 Peter 2:8 N-DPN2 Peter 3:10 N-NPN2 Thessalonians 1:11 N-ASN2 Thessalonians 2:17 N-DSN2 Timothy 1:9 N-APN2 Timothy 2:21 N-ASN2 Timothy 3:17 N-ASN2 Timothy 4:5 N-ASN2 Timothy 4:14 N-APN2 Timothy 4:18 N-GSN3 John 1:10 N-APNActs 5:38 N-NSNActs 7:22 N-DPNActs 7:41 N-DPNActs 9:36 N-GPNActs 13:2 N-ASNActs 13:41 N-ASNActs 14:26 N-ASNActs 15:38 N-ASNActs 26:20 N-APNColossians 1:10 N-DSNColossians 1:21 N-DPNColossians 3:17 N-DSNEphesians 2:9 N-GPNEphesians 2:10 N-DPNEphesians 4:12 N-ASNEphesians 5:11 N-DPNGalatians 2:16 N-GPNGalatians 3:2 N-GPNGalatians 3:5 N-GPNGalatians 3:10 N-GPNGalatians 5:19 N-NPNGalatians 6:4 N-ASNHebrews 1:10 N-NPNHebrews 3:9 N-APNHebrews 4:3 N-GPNHebrews 4:4 N-GPN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.