ἐργάζομαι ergázomai

Meaning

to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.

In the King James Version: commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work

Derivation: middle voice from G2041 (ἔργον);

Where it is used

• Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
• Matthew 21:28 But 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.’
• Matthew 25:16 The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
• Matthew 26:10 Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
• Mark 14:6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
• Luke 13:14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
• John 3:21 But 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.”
• John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
• John 6:27 Do 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.”
• John 6:28 Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
• John 6:30 So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
• John 9:4 While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
• Acts 10:35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
• Acts 13:41 ‘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.’”
• Acts 18:3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
• Romans 2:10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
• Romans 4:4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
• Romans 4:5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
• Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
• 1 Corinthians 4:12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
• 1 Corinthians 9:6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
• 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do 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?
• 1 Corinthians 16:10 If 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.
• 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
• Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
• Ephesians 4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
• Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Surely 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.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor 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.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
• Hebrews 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
• James 1:20 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
• James 2:9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
• 2 John 1:8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
• 3 John 1:5 Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
• Revelation 18:17 For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance