verb
agathoergamō
Strong’sG14
I perform good deeds
stem agathoerg-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† ἀγαθοεργέω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G14 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
do good or well, NT: contraction ἀγαθουργέω, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| agathoergarōἀγαθοεργεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | do good | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agathoergamō | agathoergame | agathoergami | agathoergama | agathoergamē | agathoergamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | agathoergasō | agathoergase | agathoergasi | agathoergasa | agathoergasē | agathoergaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathoergatō | agathoergate | agathoergati | agathoergata | agathoergatē | agathoergatelē |
| we 1st person plural | agathoerganō | agathoergane | agathoergani | agathoergana | agathoerganē | agathoerganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathoergavō | agathoergave | agathoergavi | agathoergava | agathoergavē | agathoergavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | agathoergalō | agathoergale | agathoergali | agathoergala | agathoergalē | agathoergalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agathoergameiō | agathoergameia | agathoergameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | agathoergaseiō | agathoergaseia | agathoergaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathoergateiō | agathoergateia | agathoergateiē |
| we 1st person plural | agathoerganeiō | agathoerganeia | agathoerganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathoergaveiō | agathoergaveia | agathoergaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | agathoergaleiō | agathoergaleia | agathoergaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | agathoergasōr | agathoergasar | agathoergasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathoergatōr | agathoergatar | agathoergatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathoergavōr | agathoergavar | agathoergavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | agathoergalōr | agathoergalar | agathoergalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | agathoergamoiō | agathoergamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | agathoergasoiō | agathoergasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | agathoergatoiō | agathoergatoia |
| we 1st person plural | agathoerganoiō | agathoerganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | agathoergavoiō | agathoergavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | agathoergaloiō | agathoergaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | agathoergarō1×ἀγαθοεργεῖν | agathoergari | agathoergara | agathoergarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | agathoergarōntos | agathoergarintos | agathoergarantos | agathoergarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
agathoerg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
agathoergarō“do good”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Timothy 6:18agathoergarō, ploutarō en ergei kalei, eumetadotoin arō, …Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works …