to work

Greek Verb

ἐργάζομαι (ἔργον), [in LXX for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc;] 1) intrans, (a) to work, labour: Mat.21:28, Luk.13:14, Jhn.5:17 9:4 b, Act.18:3, 1Co.9:6, 2Th.3:10-12; τ. χερσίν, 1Co.4:12, 1Th.4:11; νυκτὸς κ. ἡαέρας, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8; of working for pay, Mat.21:28; for reward, Rom.4:4-5; (b) to work at a trade or business, to trade: before Iv (Dem.), Mat.25:16. 2) Trans, (a) to work, work out, do, produce, perform: with accusative, 2Co.7:10, Col.3:23, 2Th.3:11, Jas.1:20, 2Jn.8, before εἰς, III Jn 5; ἔργον, Act.13:41 (LXX); id. before εἰς, Mat.26:10; ἐν, Mrk.14:6; ἔργα, Jhn.3:21; τὰ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.6:28 9:4; τὸ ἔ. κυρίου, 1Co.16:10; τ. ἀγαθόν, Rom.2:10, Eph.4:28 (see AR, Eph.) 190); id. before πρός, Gal.6:10; κακόν, before dative of person(s) (more frequently dupl. accusative, in cl.), Rom.13:10; δικαιοσύνην, Act.10:35, Heb.11:33; ἀνομίαν, Mat.7:23; ἁμαρτίαν, Jas.2:9; σημεῖον, Jhn.6:30; τ. ἱερά, 1Co.9:13; τ. θάλασσαν (work the sea, i.e. make one's living from it), Rev.18:17; (b) to work for, earn by working (cl.): Jhn.6:27 (cf. κατ, περι, προσ-εργάζομαι; Cremer, 258; on the force of the aorist of this verb, see M, Pr., 116). (AS)

to work

Greek Verb

ἐργάζομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc, Cretan dialect ϝεργάδδομαι [Refs]: future -άσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc, Doric dialect [LXX+3rd c.BC+]: aorist εἰργασάμην, Ionic dialect [Refs 6th c.BC+]: perfect εἴργασμαι, Ionic dialect[Refs 5th c.BC+] —These tenses are used both in middle and passive significations: for other passive tenses, see below[Refs 4th c.BC+]; but this rule is often broken in later Papyrus, Inscrr, and codices:—work, labour, especially of husbandry, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of quarrymen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of birds working to get food, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of bees, [Refs]; of Hephaestus' self-acting bellows, [Refs 8th c.BC+] the matter works, i.e. goes on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἀὴρ ἐργάζεται produces an effect [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργάσεται τὸ θερμόν [Refs] II) transitive, work at, make, ἔργα κλυτά, of Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰκόνας, ἀνδριάντας, καλὰ ἔργα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make so and so, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. II.2) do, perform, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔργον ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ ἐ, of husbandmen, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. πρᾶγμα, opposed to βουλεύειν, [NT+5th c.BC+]: with double accusative, do something to, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; chiefly in bad sense, do one ill, do one a shrewd turn, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; less frequently, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; seldom [Refs 6th c.BC+]. II.2.b) perform rites, [Refs]. II.2.c) in Law, ζημίαν ἐ. do damage, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) work a material, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. γῆν till the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; [ἀργυρῖτιν] Docum. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.4) earn by working, [Refs 8th c.BC+]. II.5) work at, practise, μουσικήν, τέχνας, etc, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀρετὴν καὶ σωφροσύνην variant in [NT+5th c.BC+] II.6) absolutely, work at a trade or business, traffic, trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also οἱ τὴν τετράγωνον (i.e. ἀγοράν) ἐργαζόμενοι those who trade in the square, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τούτοις.ναυτικοῖς ἐ. trade with this money on bottomry, [Refs]; ταῦτα ἐ. thus he trades, [Refs]; οἱ ἐν Δήλῳ ἐ, = Latin qui Deli negotiantur, [Refs] Latin quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας Alexis Sam. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.7) cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. III) passive, rarely in present and imperfect, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect εἴργασμαι (see. below): aorist 1 [Refs 6th c.BC+] III.1) to be made or built, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθοι εἰργ. wrought stones, [Refs 6th c.BC+]. III.2) to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.; commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work; middle voice from g2041 (ἔργον)