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Strong G2716κατεργάζομαι

to workout/produce

Transliteration
katergazomai
Pronunciation
kat-er-gad'-zom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G2038; to work fully that is accomplish; by implication to finish fashion: - cause do (deed) perform work (out).

Detailed definition

κατ-εργάζομαι
(emphatic form of ἐργάζομαι), [in LXX for פָּעַל, etc. (9 exx., each for a different Heb. word);]
to effect by labour, achieve, work out, bring about: with accusative, Rom.4:15 5:3 7:8, 15-20, 2Co.7:10, Eph.6:13, Jas.1:3; pass., 2Co.12:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Rom.7:13, 2Co.4:17 7:11 9:11; id. before διά, with genitive of person(s), Rom.15:18; τ. σωτηρίαν, Php.2:12; with accusative of person(s) before εἰς, 2Co.5:5 (RV, wrought); of evil deeds, Rom.1:27 2:9, 1Co.5:3, 1Pe.4:3.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2716 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • worketh6
  • do5
  • wrought5
  • work4
  • causeth1
  • deed1
  • doeth1
  • hath1
  • perform1

First verses

  1. Romans 1:27
    And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
  2. Romans 2:9
    Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
  3. Romans 4:15
    Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
  4. Romans 5:3
    And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
  5. Romans 7:8
    But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
  6. Romans 7:13
    Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
  7. Romans 7:15
    For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
  8. Romans 7:17
    Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
  9. Romans 7:18
    For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
  10. Romans 7:20
    Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
  11. Romans 15:18
    For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
  12. 1 Corinthians 5:3
    For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
  13. 2 Corinthians 4:17
    For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  14. 2 Corinthians 5:5
    Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
  15. 2 Corinthians 7:10
    For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  16. 2 Corinthians 7:11
    For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
  17. 2 Corinthians 9:11
    Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
  18. 2 Corinthians 12:12
    Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
  19. Ephesians 6:13
    Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  20. Philippians 2:12
    Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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κατεργ-άζομαι,
future -άσομαι, later 3rd.pers. singular -ᾶται [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 10.2 (2nd c.BC):)]aorist κατειργασάμην, and (in passive sense) κατειργάσθην (see. below): perfect κατείργασμαι both in active and passive sense (see. below):— effect by labour, achieve, πρήγματα μεγάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24; πᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1022; μόρον.. ἐπαλλήλοιν χεροῖν [prev. author] “Ant.” 57; ταῦθ᾽ ἁπινοεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 247; τὰ δυνατά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.65; τὰ πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.31 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; μεγάλα μὲν ἐπινοεῖτε, ταχὺ δὲ κατεργάζεσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.2; κ. εἰρήνην τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.8)]; ἢν κατεργάσῃ if you do the job, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 933)]: perfect κατείργασμαι, μέγιστα ἔργα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.11)]: in passive sense, to have been effected or achieved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 141, 4.66, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1081, etc.; κατειργασμένη ὠφέλεια 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4; ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ κατειργασμένοις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.9)]: aorist -ειργάσθην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5.)]
b earn, gain by labour, acquire, τὴν ἡγεμονίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.65; πόλει σωτηρίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1046; μεγάλα τῇ πόλει 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.229; τοῦτο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.66; ὁ κατειργασμένος τὴν τυραννίδα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473d: in _passive_ sense, ἀρετὴ ἀπὸ σοφίης κατεργασμένη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.102.)]
c absolutely, achieve one's object, be successful, αὐτὸς ἑωυτῷ [Refs ([prev. author] 5.78)]; simply, work, ἐν τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις [Refs (“PTeb.unpublished” 703.148.)]
2 with accusative person, make an end of, finish, kill, ἑωυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 888, etc.; λέοντα βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1094.)]
2.b overpower, subdue, conquer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 842, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.59, etc.; τὴν Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100)]; ποσὶ καὶ στόματι κ. [τινά] attack him, of a horse, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.111:)] in passive sense, of land, μακέλλῃ τῇ κατείργασται πέδον is subdued, brought under cultivation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 526; κατεργαζομένη ἡ γῆ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.1.3)]; later transitive, cultivate, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 10.2 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
2.c prevail upon, κατεργάσατο καὶ ἀνέπεισε Ξέρξην, ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.16, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 13.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 21; κ. τινὰ πειθοῖ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.2:)] —passive, οὐκ ἐδύνατο κατεργασθῆναι [ἡ γυνή] could not be prevailed upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.108.)]
2.d with double accusative, do something to one, καλόν τι τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.17 (but κ. τὴν πόλιν)] carry on business in the city, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 899 (Mesambria, 3rd c.AD)).)]
II till, cultivate land, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 6.632.9 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; work up for use, frequently of food, by chewing or digestion, ὀδόντας ἔχει οἷς κ. τὴν τροφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b30, compare “Juv.” 469a31, “Spir.” 482b16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.649 (_passive_))]; τὸ -αζόμενον ἔχειν εὔρωστον a strong digestion, [Refs ([prev. author] 17(2).430)]; κ. τὰ ἐδέσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 714)]; by grinding (of corn), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 3.30, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.13 (_passive_))]; by ripening (of fruits), κατειργασμένα ἐπὶ τοῦ δένδρου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.367)]; κ. μέλι make.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.194)]; κ. τὴν κόπρον prepare it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 552a24; σίδηρον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.10; ξύλα-ειργασμένα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.17.2; στίππυον τὸ κατειργαζμένον “PCair.Zen.” 472.9 (3rd c.BC))]; λίθους [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.98.)]
II.2 turn bullion into coin, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 21.6 (3rd c.BC).)]
III work at, practise, ἄλλην μελέτην κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 88c.)]
IV κ. ὄρη level them, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.3.4 (from LXX.1Esd.4.4).)]