Word Study · Strong's G2038 · Greek
ἐργάζομαι
ergazomai
er-gad'-zom-ahee
Strong's 1890 spelling: ergázomai
“to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.
Rendered in the KJV as
commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.
- 41occurrencesin the New Testament
- 18 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 41 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- ἐργαζόμενοι6
- ἐργάζεσθαι3
- ἐργάζεσθε3
- ἠργάσατο3
- ἐργάζεται,2
- ἐργαζόμενος2
- ἐργαζομένῳ2
- ἐργαζώμεθα2
- εἰργασάμεθα,1
- εἰργάσαντο1
- εἰργασμένα.¶1
- ἐργάζεσθαι;1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 28
- working10
- do work3
- she did2
- to work2
- administered1
- am working1
- am working.1
- does do;1
- done.1
- he is doing1
- he traded1
- he was working;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 20
- verb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)6
- verb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singular5
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural5
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, statement · 3rd person singular3
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular3
- verb · present deponent, statement · 1st person singular2
- verb · present deponent, command · 2nd person plural2
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- verb · present deponent, subjunctive · 1st person plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, statement · 1st person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PNN · 6
- V-PNI-3S · 5
- V-PNP-NPM · 5
- V-ADI-3S · 3
- V-PNP-DSM · 3
- V-PNI-1S · 2
- V-PNM-2P · 2
- V-PNP-NSM · 2
- V-PNS-1P · 2
- V-ADI-1P · 1
- V-ADI-3P · 1
- V-ADS-2S · 1
All 41, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- John8 of 41 · 20%
- Matthew4 of 41 · 10%
- Romans4 of 41 · 10%
- 1 Corinthians4 of 41 · 10%
- 2 Thessalonians4 of 41 · 10%
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Matthew4 occurrences
- Matthew 7:23ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · masculine pluralThen I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’here: working
- Matthew 21:28ἐργάζουergazouverb · present deponent, command · 2nd person singularBut what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’here: do work
- Matthew 25:16ἠργάσατοērgasatoverb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, statement · 3rd person singularThe servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.here: he traded
- Matthew 26:10ἠργάσατοērgasatoverb · aorist (simple past) middle deponent, statement · 3rd person singularAware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.here: she did
John8 occurrences
- John 3:21εἰργασμένα.¶eirgasmenaverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter pluralBut whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”here: done.
- John 5:17ἐργάζεται,ergazetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularBut Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”here: is working,
- John 5:17ἐργάζομαι.ergazomaiverb · present deponent, statement · 1st person singularBut Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”here: am working.
- John 6:27ἐργάζεσθεergazestheverb · present deponent, command · 2nd person pluralDo not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”here: do work
- John 6:28ἐργαζώμεθαergazōmethaverb · present deponent, subjunctive · 1st person pluralThen they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”here: we may be doing
- John 6:30ἐργάζῃ;ergazēverb · present deponent, statement · 2nd person singularSo they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?here: work do You perform?
- John 9:4ἐργάζεσθαιergazesthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.here: to work
- John 9:4ἐργάζεσθαι.ergazesthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.here: to work.
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 10:35ἐργαζόμενοςergazomenosverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularbut welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.here: working
- Acts 13:41ἐργάζομαιergazomaiverb · present deponent, statement · 1st person singular‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”here: am working
- Acts 18:3ἠργάζετο·ērgazetoverb · imperfect deponent, statement · 3rd person singularand he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.here: he was working;
Romans4 occurrences
- Romans 2:10ἐργαζομένῳergazomenōverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularbut glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.here: is doing
- Romans 4:4ἐργαζομένῳergazomenōverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularNow the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.here: working
- Romans 4:5ἐργαζομένῳ,ergazomenōverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularHowever, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.here: working,
- Romans 13:10ἐργάζεται·ergazetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularLove does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.here: does do;
1 Corinthians4 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 4:12ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralWe work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;here: working
- 1 Corinthians 9:6ἐργάζεσθαι;ergazesthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?here: to work?
- 1 Corinthians 9:13ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralDo you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?here: working
- 1 Corinthians 16:10ἐργάζεταιergazetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularIf Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.here: he is doing
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
Colossians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralSurely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.here: working
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11ἐργάζεσθαιergazesthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.here: to work with
2 Thessalonians4 occurrences
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralnor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.here: working
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10ἐργάζεσθαιergazesthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”here: to work
- 2 Thessalonians 3:11ἐργαζομένουςergazomenousverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine pluralYet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.here: working
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12ἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralWe command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.here: working
James2 occurrences
- James 1:20ἐργάζεται.ergazetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularfor man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.here: works.
- James 2:9ἐργάζεσθεergazestheverb · present deponent, statement · 2nd person pluralBut if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.here: you are committing