Strong G2039ἐργασία
work
- Transliteration
- ergasia
- Pronunciation
- er-gas-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2040; occupation; by implication profit pains: - craft diligence gain work.
Detailed definition
ἐργασία, -ας, ἡ
(ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc.;]
1. work, business: Act.16:16, 19 19:24-25; δὸς ἐ. (Lat. da operam), Luk.12:58.
2. working, performance: Eph.4:19.†
(AS)
(ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc.;]
1. work, business: Act.16:16, 19 19:24-25; δὸς ἐ. (Lat. da operam), Luk.12:58.
2. working, performance: Eph.4:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2039 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gain3
- craft1
- diligence1
- work1
First verses
- Luke 12:58When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
- Acts 16:16And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
- Acts 16:19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
- Acts 19:24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
- Acts 19:25Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
- Ephesians 4:19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐργᾰσ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, Cretan dialect ϝεργασία [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 8.44, ἡ, (ἐργάτης))] work, business, [Refs (ἐργασίην φεύγουσα “hymnus ad Mercurium” 486)], etc.; opposed to ἀργία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 2.7.7; ἐ. ἀγαθή)] productive labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Vect.” 4.29; ἐργασίᾳ ἐγχειρεῖν, of bees, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 625b24; ἡ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐ., of seamen, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 371b; μὴ γενομένης ἐργασίας)] if no work was done, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.20; δὸς ἐργασίαν,)] with infinitive, Latin da operam ut.., NT.Luke.12.58, compare [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“OGI” 441.109 (_SC. de Stratonicensibus,_ 1st c.BC): _plural_, τὰς ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ ἐ. ἐργάζεσθαι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 7.20; ἐ. ἀνελεύθεροι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1121b33, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “fragment” 196 (uncertain).)]
2 function, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ἥπατος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.15)].
II working at, making, manufacture, ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Grg.” 449d, “Tht.” 146d, etc.; ἡ τῆς ἐσθῆτος ἐκ τῶν ἐρίων ἐ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 7.21)]; making up of a prescription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Ulc.” 14: _metaphorically_, Πέργαμος ἀμφὶ τεαῖς χερὸς ἐργασίαις ἁλίσκεται Troy is (i.e. is doomed to be))] taken in the part wrought by thy hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.42; ἐ. ἡδονῆς)] production of pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 353d; ἐ. χρημάτων)] money-making, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1160a16 (but _administration_ of property, “Leg.Gort.” [same place]).)]
II.2 working of a material, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἡ ἐ. τοῦ σιδήρου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68)]; χαλκοῦ, ἐρίων, ξύλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Chrm.” 173e; τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.105, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Eux.” 36; πίττης Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 9.2.6)]: most commonly, tillage of the ground, ἐ. γῆς, χώρας, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 1034 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.30, etc.; ἐ. κήπων Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Minos” 316b)]; ἐ. περὶ τὴν τροφήν preparation (i.e. mastication and digestion) of food, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Juv.” 469a3)]; treatment of silphium, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 6.3.2)]
II.3 generally, trade, business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 3.10.1; ἐπὶ τῆς ἐργασίας ὢν τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν)] engaged in trade by sea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.4; ἡ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης)] the banking business, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev\. author] 36.6; ἐ. χρυσοχοϊκή, ἀρωματική, “PLond.” 3.906.6 (2nd c.AD), “PFay.” 93.7 (2nd c.AD); βαφεῖς τὴν ἐ.)] dyers by trade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 287.3(2nd c.AD))]; especially of a courtesan's trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.129)]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 876a39.)]
II.3.b ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης if a slave brings in earnings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Ath.” 22.)]
II.4 practising, exercising, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τῶν τεχνῶν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Gorgias” 450c; Κύπριδος “AP” 5.218 (Paul. Sil.); ἀκαθαρσίας “Epistle to the Ephesians” 4.19)].
II.5 work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐ., of the Hermae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.27 (non legit Scholia); τῶν τειχῶν αἱ ἐργασίαι)] the fortification works, [Refs ([prev\. author] 7.6.)]
II.6 literary execution, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (ἐ. ποιητική 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.11)]; elaboration of a topic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.24.)]
II.7 production of a play, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Arg. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Oxy.” 1235.108.)]
III guild or company of workmen, ἡ ἐ. τῶν βαφέων[Refs (Judeich “Altertümer von Hierapolis” 50)]; ἐριοπλυτῶν [Refs ([prev. work] 40; ἐ. θρεμματική uncertain meaning, [prev. work]227.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, Cretan dialect ϝεργασία [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 8.44, ἡ, (ἐργάτης))] work, business, [Refs (ἐργασίην φεύγουσα “hymnus ad Mercurium” 486)], etc.; opposed to ἀργία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 2.7.7; ἐ. ἀγαθή)] productive labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Vect.” 4.29; ἐργασίᾳ ἐγχειρεῖν, of bees, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 625b24; ἡ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐ., of seamen, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 371b; μὴ γενομένης ἐργασίας)] if no work was done, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.20; δὸς ἐργασίαν,)] with infinitive, Latin da operam ut.., NT.Luke.12.58, compare [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“OGI” 441.109 (_SC. de Stratonicensibus,_ 1st c.BC): _plural_, τὰς ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ ἐ. ἐργάζεσθαι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 7.20; ἐ. ἀνελεύθεροι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1121b33, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “fragment” 196 (uncertain).)]
2 function, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ἥπατος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.15)].
II working at, making, manufacture, ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Grg.” 449d, “Tht.” 146d, etc.; ἡ τῆς ἐσθῆτος ἐκ τῶν ἐρίων ἐ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 7.21)]; making up of a prescription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Ulc.” 14: _metaphorically_, Πέργαμος ἀμφὶ τεαῖς χερὸς ἐργασίαις ἁλίσκεται Troy is (i.e. is doomed to be))] taken in the part wrought by thy hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.42; ἐ. ἡδονῆς)] production of pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 353d; ἐ. χρημάτων)] money-making, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1160a16 (but _administration_ of property, “Leg.Gort.” [same place]).)]
II.2 working of a material, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἡ ἐ. τοῦ σιδήρου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68)]; χαλκοῦ, ἐρίων, ξύλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Chrm.” 173e; τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.105, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Eux.” 36; πίττης Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 9.2.6)]: most commonly, tillage of the ground, ἐ. γῆς, χώρας, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 1034 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.30, etc.; ἐ. κήπων Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Minos” 316b)]; ἐ. περὶ τὴν τροφήν preparation (i.e. mastication and digestion) of food, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Juv.” 469a3)]; treatment of silphium, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 6.3.2)]
II.3 generally, trade, business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 3.10.1; ἐπὶ τῆς ἐργασίας ὢν τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν)] engaged in trade by sea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.4; ἡ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης)] the banking business, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev\. author] 36.6; ἐ. χρυσοχοϊκή, ἀρωματική, “PLond.” 3.906.6 (2nd c.AD), “PFay.” 93.7 (2nd c.AD); βαφεῖς τὴν ἐ.)] dyers by trade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 287.3(2nd c.AD))]; especially of a courtesan's trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.129)]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 876a39.)]
II.3.b ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης if a slave brings in earnings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Ath.” 22.)]
II.4 practising, exercising, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τῶν τεχνῶν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Gorgias” 450c; Κύπριδος “AP” 5.218 (Paul. Sil.); ἀκαθαρσίας “Epistle to the Ephesians” 4.19)].
II.5 work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐ., of the Hermae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.27 (non legit Scholia); τῶν τειχῶν αἱ ἐργασίαι)] the fortification works, [Refs ([prev\. author] 7.6.)]
II.6 literary execution, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (ἐ. ποιητική 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.11)]; elaboration of a topic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.24.)]
II.7 production of a play, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Arg. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Oxy.” 1235.108.)]
III guild or company of workmen, ἡ ἐ. τῶν βαφέων[Refs (Judeich “Altertümer von Hierapolis” 50)]; ἐριοπλυτῶν [Refs ([prev. work] 40; ἐ. θρεμματική uncertain meaning, [prev. work]227.)]