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Word Study · Strong's G2041 · Greek

ἔργον

ergon

er'-gon

Strong's 1890 spelling: érgon

toil (as an effort or occupation)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act

Rendered in the KJV as

deed, doing, labour, work.

  • 168
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 26 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 18
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 168 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 18

  • ἔργα55
  • ἔργον36
  • ἔργων35
  • ἔργοις13
  • ἔργῳ7
  • ἔργου6
  • ἔργων,3
  • ἔργα.2
  • ἔργῳ,2
  • ἔργα,1
  • ἔργον,1
  • ἔργον.1

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 26

  • works88
  • work36
  • deeds11
  • a work4
  • deed3
  • works,3
  • [the] work2
  • deeds.2
  • the works2
  • [his] works1
  • A work1
  • action1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural43
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural41
  • noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular31
  • noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural15
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural13
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular10
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular8
  • noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular7
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-APN · 43
  • N-GPN · 41
  • N-ASN · 31
  • N-NPN · 15
  • N-DPN · 13
  • N-DSN · 10
  • N-GSN · 8
  • N-NSN · 7

All 168, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew6 occurrences
Mark2 occurrences
Luke2 occurrences
John27 occurrences
Acts10 occurrences
Romans14 occurrences
1 Corinthians8 occurrences
2 Corinthians3 occurrences
Galatians8 occurrences
Ephesians4 occurrences
Philippians3 occurrences
Colossians3 occurrences
1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 Thessalonians2 occurrences
1 Timothy6 occurrences
2 Timothy6 occurrences
Titus8 occurrences
Hebrews9 occurrences
James15 occurrences
1 Peter2 occurrences
2 Peter2 occurrences
1 John3 occurrences
2 John1 occurrence
3 John1 occurrence
Jude1 occurrence
Revelation20 occurrences

The curated web

Trails through this word

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).