noun · feminine
energeias
Strong’sG1753
working, activity
stem energei-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 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.
** ἐνέργεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐνεργής), [in LXX: Wi 7:17, 26 13:4 18:22, II Mac 3:29, III Mac 4:21 5:12, 28 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1753 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiden-erg'-i-ah
efficiency ("energy")
Fromfrom G1756;
King Jamesoperation, strong, (effectual) working.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
activity, operation, opposed to ἕξις (disposition), Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ἀογία, Refs 2nd c.AD+; physiological function, Refs 2nd c.AD+; performance, τῶν καθηκόντων Refs 1st c.AD+; activity, of drugs, Refs 2nd c.AD+; force, of an engine, Refs 1st c.BC+ (but, mechanism, 'action', Refs 2nd c.BC+
b workmanship, Aristeas Refs
2 especially of divine or supernatural action, NT+3rd c.AD+; magical operation, ἱερὰ ἐ. Refs
3 plural, ἐνέργειαι cosmic forces, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 Grammars, active force, opposed to πάθος, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐνέργειαι καὶ πάθη active and passive forms, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 Rhet., vigour of style, Refs 4th c.BC+
II in the philosophical of Refs 4th c.BC+ actuality, MetaphoricalRefs; opposed to ὕλη, Refs; ἡ ὡς ἐ. οὐσία, substance in the sense of actuality, Refs; opposed to ἐντελέχεια, as actuality to full reality, Refs; ἐνεργείᾳ actually, opposed to δυνάμει, Refs
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | energeias | energeiais |
| object accusative | energeian7×ἐνέργειαν | energeiain |
| direct address vocative | energeiar | energeiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | energeiau1×ἐνεργείας | energeiaiu |
| to, for dative | energeia | energeiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
energeia 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.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
energeian“working”objectaccusative singular7×
Ephesians 1:19… eis nin toin pisteuarōntoin kata tan energeian teu krateu tau ischuau autou… These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
Ephesians 3:7… theou tau dōirantau mi kata tan energeian tau dunamiau autou… God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
Ephesians 4:16“working”… dia pantau hafau tau epichorēgiau kata energeian en metre heneu hekasteu mereu tan …… held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
Philippians 3:21… sōme tau doxau autou kata tan energeian teu dunorō auton kai hupotassara heauto …who, by the power that enables Him to subject all …
Colossians 1:29… hem kai kopiamō agōnizorōntos kata tan energeian autou tan energorōntan en mi en …… also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
2 Thessalonians 2:9hou atō tas parousias kata energeian tou Satanou en panta dunamia kai …… one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of …
2 Thessalonians 2:11… dia houtem pempatō autoi tos theos energeian planau eis tem pisteuara autoin te …… reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the …
energeiau“working”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Colossians 2:12“working”… kai sunegeriva dia tau pistiau tau energeiau tou theou tou egerarantou auton ek …… you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.