Strong G2038ἐργάζομαι
to work
- Transliteration
- ergazomai
- Pronunciation
- er-gad'-zom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from G2041; 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.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G2038 appears in 37 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- work15
- worketh7
- wrought7
- labour2
- trade2
- commit1
- do1
- let1
- minister1
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Matthew 21:28But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
- Matthew 25:16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
- Matthew 26:10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
- Mark 14:6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
- Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
- John 3:21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
- John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 6:28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
- John 6:30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
- John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- Acts 10:35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
- Acts 13:41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
- Acts 18:3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
- Romans 2:10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
- Romans 4:4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
- Romans 4:5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
- Romans 13:10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐργάζομαι,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.469)], etc., Cretan dialect ϝεργάδδομαι [Refs (“Schwyzer” 181v5)]: future -άσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1116)], etc., Doric dialect [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (ἐργαξοῦμαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.23, ἐργῶμαι “PCair.Zen.” 107.4 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.29.27, +others, “IG” 7.3073.12 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC) (but 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ἐργᾷ· ἐργάζει))]: aorist εἰργασάμην, Ionic dialect [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐργ- 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Th.” 845 (Lyric poetry), etc., 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _plural_ _optative_ ἐργασαίατο Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 1147, “Lys.” 42; _Doric dialect_ ἠργάξαντο “SIG” 248 M (Delph., 4th c.BC))]: perfect εἴργασμαι, Ionic dialect[Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἔργ- 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.έ, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “fragment” 311, etc.)] —These tenses are used both in middle and passive significations: for other passive tenses, see below[Refs 4th c.BC+ (111:— _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. of 4th C have ἠργαζόμην, ἠργασάμην, (ἐξ-) “IG” 22.1585.11, 1669.10, +others, but εἴργασμαι [prev. work]1666 A 27; so also ἠργάσατο [prev. work]7.424 (Oropus, 4th c.BC), εἰργασμένος [prev. work]3073.51 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC), ἐξήργασατο “UPZ” 19.8 (2nd c.BC), εἴργασμαι “PCair.Zen.” 146.3 (3rd c.BC))]; but this rule is often broken in later Papyrus, Inscrr., and codices:—work, labour, especially of husbandry, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 299, 309, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.72, etc.; but also of all manual labour, of slaves, ἐ. ἀνάγκῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.272)]; of quarrymen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.124, etc.; τὴν οὐσίαν οὐ δικαζόμενον ἀλλ᾽ ἐργαζόμενον κεκτημένον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12)]; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.31: with _dative_ _instrumental_, χαλκῷ with brass, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 151; also of animals, βοῦς ἐργάτης ἐργάζεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 563)]; of birds working to get food, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 616b35)]; of bees, [Refs ([prev. work] 625b22)]; of Hephaestus' self-acting bellows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.469; τὸ χρῆμ᾽ ἐργάζεται)] the matter works, i.e. goes on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 148)]; ὁ ἀὴρ ἐργάζεται produces an effect [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “de Causis Plantarum” 5.12.7)]; οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργάσεται τὸ θερμόν [Refs ([prev. work] 6.18.11.)]
II transitive, work at, make, ἔργα κλυτά, of Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.72, compare 22.422; ἀγάλματα, ὕμνους, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.1, “I.” 2.46; τρίποδα, Νίκην, “SIG” 34 (Delph., 5th c.BC); ἁμαξίδας Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 880; οἰκοδόμημα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76)]; εἰκόνας, ἀνδριάντας, καλὰ ἔργα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cra.” 431c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 2.6.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Men.” 91d; κηρόν, σχαδόνας, of bees, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 627a6, 30; μέλι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit. Hippocr.” 11)]; make so and so, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ξηρὸν ἐ. τινά 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 11.2; μέγαν Aelianus [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Varia Historia” 3.1)].
II.2 do, perform, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔργα ἀεικέα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.733)]; ἔργον ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ ἐ., of husbandmen, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 382, compare 397; ἐργασίας ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1121b33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oec.” 7.20; ἐναίσιμα, φίλα ἐ., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.321, 24.210; θαυμαστά Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 213d; περὶ θεοὺς ἄδικον μηδέν [prev\. author] “Grg.” 522d)]; ἐ. πρᾶγμα, opposed to βουλεύειν, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ant.” 267, compare “OT” 347; τὸ ἔργον Κυρίου NT.1Cor.16.10)]: with double accusative, do something to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τά περ νῦν ἐ. [ὁ ἥλιος] τὸν Νεῖλον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26)], etc.; chiefly in bad sense, do one ill, do one a shrewd turn, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κακὰ ἐργάζεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 786, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, etc.; so οἷά μ᾽ εἰργάσω, τί μ᾽ ἐργάσε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 928, 1172 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μὴ δῆτα τοῦτό μ᾽ ἐργάσῃ [prev\. author] “El.” 1206; αἴσχιστα ἐ. τινά Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 787)]; less frequently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἀγαθὰ ἐ. τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.79, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cri.” 53a; πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα [prev\. author] “Phdr.” 244b)]; seldom [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τινί τι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 1350; οἷν ἐμοὶ δυοῖν ἔργ᾽ ἐστὶ κρείσσον᾽ ἀγχόνης εἰργασμένα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1374)].
II.2.b perform rites, [Refs (τὰ ἱερὰ ἐ. “1st Epistle to the Corinthians” 9.13)].
II.2.c in Law, ζημίαν ἐ. do damage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Ath.” 22.)]
II.3 work a material, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ὅπλα..οἷσίν τε χρυσὸν ἐργάζετο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.435)]; ἐ. γῆν till the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, etc.; ἐ. [ἀγροὺς] ἐργάταις Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.11; γῆν καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθους [prev\. author] “HG” 3.3.7)]; [ἀργυρῖτιν] Docum. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.28; ἐ. θάλασσαν, of traders, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.46; γλαυκὴν ἐ., of fishers, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Th.” 440.)]
II.4 earn by working, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (χρήματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 840, etc.; καινὸν βίον ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 1.144, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 43; ἀργύριον ἀπὸ σοφίας Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Hp.Ma.” 282d; μισθοῦ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 2.8.2)].
II.5 work at, practise, μουσικήν, τέχνας, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 60e, “R.” 374a, etc.; ἐπιστήμας Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 1.7)]; ἀρετὴν καὶ σωφροσύνην variant in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.6; δικαιοσύνην, ἀνομίαν, NT.Acts.10.35, NT.Matt.7.23.)]
II.6 absolutely, work at a trade or business, traffic, trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐν [γναφείῳ] 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.2; ἐν ἐμπορίῳ καὶ χρήμασιν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.44; ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ [prev\. author] 57.31)] (also οἱ τὴν τετράγωνον (i.e. ἀγοράν) ἐργαζόμενοι those who trade in the square, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“BCH” 8.126 (compare “Glotta” 14.73)); κατὰ θάλατταν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.48)]; τούτοις..ναυτικοῖς ἐ. trade with this money on bottomry, [Refs ([prev\. author] 33.4; δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἐ. τῷ αὐτῷ ἀργυρίῳ [prev\. author] 56.30)]; ταῦτα ἐ. thus he trades, [Refs ([prev\. author] 25.82; οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι _traders,_ [prev\. author] 34.51)]; οἱ ἐν Δήλῳ ἐ., = Latin qui Deli negotiantur, [Refs (“CIG” 2285b; especially of courtesans, σώματι ἐ.,)] Latin quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.20; ἐπὶ τέγους ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.2)]; ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας Alexis Sam. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.572f, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tim.” 14.)]
II.7 cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κολακείην 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 268; πημονάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 326; πόθον τινί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.11; σύριγγας ἀνιάτους 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.44)].
III passive, rarely in present and imperfect, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.87 (ἐξ-), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Eux.” 35)]: future [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐργασθήσομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1218, (ἐξ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Ep.” 6.8)]: perfect εἴργασμαι (see. below): aorist 1 [Refs 6th c.BC+ (εἰργάσθην Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 353a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 6.3.2, etc.)]
III.1 to be made or built, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἔργαστο τὸ τεῖχος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179; ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 244; οἰκοδόμημα διὰ ταχέων εἰργ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8)]; λίθοι εἰργ. wrought stones, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 1.93; γῆ εἰργ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 19.8; θώρακας εὖ εἰργ. [prev\. author] “Mem.” 3.10.9)].
III.2 to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 354, 1346, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hec.” 1085; εἰργασμένα _things done, deeds, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.53 (ἐργ-), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1281, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 1369.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.469)], etc., Cretan dialect ϝεργάδδομαι [Refs (“Schwyzer” 181v5)]: future -άσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1116)], etc., Doric dialect [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (ἐργαξοῦμαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.23, ἐργῶμαι “PCair.Zen.” 107.4 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.29.27, +others, “IG” 7.3073.12 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC) (but 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ἐργᾷ· ἐργάζει))]: aorist εἰργασάμην, Ionic dialect [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐργ- 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Th.” 845 (Lyric poetry), etc., 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _plural_ _optative_ ἐργασαίατο Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 1147, “Lys.” 42; _Doric dialect_ ἠργάξαντο “SIG” 248 M (Delph., 4th c.BC))]: perfect εἴργασμαι, Ionic dialect[Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἔργ- 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.έ, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “fragment” 311, etc.)] —These tenses are used both in middle and passive significations: for other passive tenses, see below[Refs 4th c.BC+ (111:— _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. of 4th C have ἠργαζόμην, ἠργασάμην, (ἐξ-) “IG” 22.1585.11, 1669.10, +others, but εἴργασμαι [prev. work]1666 A 27; so also ἠργάσατο [prev. work]7.424 (Oropus, 4th c.BC), εἰργασμένος [prev. work]3073.51 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC), ἐξήργασατο “UPZ” 19.8 (2nd c.BC), εἴργασμαι “PCair.Zen.” 146.3 (3rd c.BC))]; but this rule is often broken in later Papyrus, Inscrr., and codices:—work, labour, especially of husbandry, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 299, 309, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.72, etc.; but also of all manual labour, of slaves, ἐ. ἀνάγκῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.272)]; of quarrymen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.124, etc.; τὴν οὐσίαν οὐ δικαζόμενον ἀλλ᾽ ἐργαζόμενον κεκτημένον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12)]; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.31: with _dative_ _instrumental_, χαλκῷ with brass, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 151; also of animals, βοῦς ἐργάτης ἐργάζεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 563)]; of birds working to get food, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 616b35)]; of bees, [Refs ([prev. work] 625b22)]; of Hephaestus' self-acting bellows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.469; τὸ χρῆμ᾽ ἐργάζεται)] the matter works, i.e. goes on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 148)]; ὁ ἀὴρ ἐργάζεται produces an effect [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “de Causis Plantarum” 5.12.7)]; οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργάσεται τὸ θερμόν [Refs ([prev. work] 6.18.11.)]
II transitive, work at, make, ἔργα κλυτά, of Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.72, compare 22.422; ἀγάλματα, ὕμνους, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.1, “I.” 2.46; τρίποδα, Νίκην, “SIG” 34 (Delph., 5th c.BC); ἁμαξίδας Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 880; οἰκοδόμημα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76)]; εἰκόνας, ἀνδριάντας, καλὰ ἔργα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cra.” 431c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 2.6.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Men.” 91d; κηρόν, σχαδόνας, of bees, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 627a6, 30; μέλι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit. Hippocr.” 11)]; make so and so, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ξηρὸν ἐ. τινά 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 11.2; μέγαν Aelianus [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Varia Historia” 3.1)].
II.2 do, perform, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔργα ἀεικέα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.733)]; ἔργον ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ ἐ., of husbandmen, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 382, compare 397; ἐργασίας ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1121b33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oec.” 7.20; ἐναίσιμα, φίλα ἐ., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.321, 24.210; θαυμαστά Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 213d; περὶ θεοὺς ἄδικον μηδέν [prev\. author] “Grg.” 522d)]; ἐ. πρᾶγμα, opposed to βουλεύειν, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ant.” 267, compare “OT” 347; τὸ ἔργον Κυρίου NT.1Cor.16.10)]: with double accusative, do something to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τά περ νῦν ἐ. [ὁ ἥλιος] τὸν Νεῖλον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26)], etc.; chiefly in bad sense, do one ill, do one a shrewd turn, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κακὰ ἐργάζεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 786, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, etc.; so οἷά μ᾽ εἰργάσω, τί μ᾽ ἐργάσε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 928, 1172 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μὴ δῆτα τοῦτό μ᾽ ἐργάσῃ [prev\. author] “El.” 1206; αἴσχιστα ἐ. τινά Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 787)]; less frequently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἀγαθὰ ἐ. τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.79, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cri.” 53a; πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα [prev\. author] “Phdr.” 244b)]; seldom [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τινί τι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Vespae” 1350; οἷν ἐμοὶ δυοῖν ἔργ᾽ ἐστὶ κρείσσον᾽ ἀγχόνης εἰργασμένα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1374)].
II.2.b perform rites, [Refs (τὰ ἱερὰ ἐ. “1st Epistle to the Corinthians” 9.13)].
II.2.c in Law, ζημίαν ἐ. do damage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Ath.” 22.)]
II.3 work a material, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ὅπλα..οἷσίν τε χρυσὸν ἐργάζετο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.435)]; ἐ. γῆν till the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, etc.; ἐ. [ἀγροὺς] ἐργάταις Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.11; γῆν καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθους [prev\. author] “HG” 3.3.7)]; [ἀργυρῖτιν] Docum. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.28; ἐ. θάλασσαν, of traders, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.46; γλαυκὴν ἐ., of fishers, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Th.” 440.)]
II.4 earn by working, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (χρήματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 840, etc.; καινὸν βίον ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 1.144, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 43; ἀργύριον ἀπὸ σοφίας Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Hp.Ma.” 282d; μισθοῦ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 2.8.2)].
II.5 work at, practise, μουσικήν, τέχνας, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 60e, “R.” 374a, etc.; ἐπιστήμας Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 1.7)]; ἀρετὴν καὶ σωφροσύνην variant in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.6; δικαιοσύνην, ἀνομίαν, NT.Acts.10.35, NT.Matt.7.23.)]
II.6 absolutely, work at a trade or business, traffic, trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐν [γναφείῳ] 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.2; ἐν ἐμπορίῳ καὶ χρήμασιν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.44; ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ [prev\. author] 57.31)] (also οἱ τὴν τετράγωνον (i.e. ἀγοράν) ἐργαζόμενοι those who trade in the square, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“BCH” 8.126 (compare “Glotta” 14.73)); κατὰ θάλατταν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.48)]; τούτοις..ναυτικοῖς ἐ. trade with this money on bottomry, [Refs ([prev\. author] 33.4; δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἐ. τῷ αὐτῷ ἀργυρίῳ [prev\. author] 56.30)]; ταῦτα ἐ. thus he trades, [Refs ([prev\. author] 25.82; οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι _traders,_ [prev\. author] 34.51)]; οἱ ἐν Δήλῳ ἐ., = Latin qui Deli negotiantur, [Refs (“CIG” 2285b; especially of courtesans, σώματι ἐ.,)] Latin quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.20; ἐπὶ τέγους ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.2)]; ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας Alexis Sam. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.572f, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tim.” 14.)]
II.7 cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κολακείην 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 268; πημονάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 326; πόθον τινί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.11; σύριγγας ἀνιάτους 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.44)].
III passive, rarely in present and imperfect, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.87 (ἐξ-), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Eux.” 35)]: future [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐργασθήσομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1218, (ἐξ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Ep.” 6.8)]: perfect εἴργασμαι (see. below): aorist 1 [Refs 6th c.BC+ (εἰργάσθην Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 353a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 6.3.2, etc.)]
III.1 to be made or built, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἔργαστο τὸ τεῖχος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179; ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 244; οἰκοδόμημα διὰ ταχέων εἰργ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8)]; λίθοι εἰργ. wrought stones, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] 1.93; γῆ εἰργ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 19.8; θώρακας εὖ εἰργ. [prev\. author] “Mem.” 3.10.9)].
III.2 to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 354, 1346, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hec.” 1085; εἰργασμένα _things done, deeds, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.53 (ἐργ-), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1281, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 1369.)]