ἐργασία
ergasía · G2039 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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practice, behavior
(Derivative of ἐργάζομαι ‘to work,’) Engaging in some type of activity or behavior
ExamplesLuke 12:58 “For when you are going with your accuser to appear before the magistrate, on the way, make an effort to settle with him, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
Ephesians 4:19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
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trade, work, business
Involved in business, with focus upon the work which is involved
ExamplesActs 19:25 he gathered these men together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.
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making money, profit
Making a profit from one’s business or activity
ExamplesActs 16:16 It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave woman who had a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling.
Acts 16:19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was suddenly gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,
Acts 19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing considerable business to the craftsmen;
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀκαθαρσίαimpurity 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- οὐnot 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- πολύςmany 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- παρέχωto cause, to give, to provide 2
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
- μαντεύομαιto tell fortunes 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὐπορίαprosperity 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰςto 3
- ἐκfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐλπίςhope 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh · H4399 · work, task, craft
- Greek ἐργασία emphasizes the activity or labor itself with potential for profit/gain, while Hebrew מְלָאכָה denotes work, occupation, or craftsmanship with broader application to manufactured goods and business affairs; both terms overlap substantially in their core semantic domain of productive work and occupation.
- עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh · H5656 · work, labor, service
- Greek ἐργασία emphasizes the commercial or profit-oriented dimension of work (occupation, business), while Hebrew עֲבֹדָה covers a broader semantic range including service, worship, and labor without necessarily implying profit.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Practice, behavior41.20
- In Ephesians 4:19, the callous are described as having given themselves up “to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity,” naming a settled pattern of behavior.
- Making money, profit57.193
- In Acts 16:19, when the slave girl's owners saw that “their hope of profit was suddenly gone,” they seized Paul and Silas — the sense of money-making gain.
- To do business, to trade, work, business57.198
- In Acts 19:24, Demetrius the silversmith, whose idol-shrine trade “was bringing considerable business to the craftsmen,” used the noun for the trade itself.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐργασίας, ἡ, (ἐργάζομαι; 1. equivalent to τό ἐργάζεσθαι, a working, performing:…
1. equivalent to τό ἐργάζεσθαι, a working, performing: ἀκαθαρσίας, Eph 4:19.
2. work, business: Acts 19:25 (Xenophon, oec. 6, 8, et al.).
3. gain got by work, profit: Acts 16:19; παρέχειν ἐργασίαν τίνι, Acts 16:16; Acts 19:24 (yet others refer this to 2 above); (Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 1; cyneg. 3, 3; Polybius 4, 50, 3).
4. endeavor, pains (A. V. diligence): δίδωμι ἐργασίαν, after the Latinismoperam do, Lk 12:58 (Hermog. de invent. 3, 5, 7).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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