energos

Strong’sG1756

effective

stem energ-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 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.

* ἐνεργής, -ές

(late form of ἐνεργός, on wh. cf. AR, Eph., 241),

at work, active, effective: I Co 16:9, Phm 6, He 4:12 (Cremer, 261).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1756 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiden-er-gace'

active, operative

Fromfrom G1722 and G2041;

King Jameseffectual, powerful.

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

ἐνεργ-ής, ές,
later form of ἐνεργός, active, effective, μηχανὰς ἐνεργεῖς ποιοῦντες Refs 1st c.BC+; of medicines, strong, Refs 1st c.AD+ more effective, πρός τινα Refs 4th c.BC+: superlative -έστατος, πρός τι Refs 1st c.BC+

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.

effective2×active1×

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	energos1×ἐνεργὴς	energas2×ἐνεργής	energem	energois	energais	energeim
object accusative	energon	energan		energoin	energain
direct address vocative	energor	energar		energoir	energair
of, belonging to genitive	energou	energau	energeu	energoiu	energaiu	energeiu
to, for dative	energo	energa	energe	energoi	energai	energei

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

energstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

energ 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

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

energamō — ἐνεργέω, I work, accomplish, am operative

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

energos“active”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 4:12… gar tos logos tou theou kai energos kai tomōteros huper pantan machairan distoman …… word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it …

energas“effective”subjectnominative singular2×

1 Corinthians 16:9thuras gar mi anoigatē megas kai energas, kai antikeiorōntois pollois.because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even …

Philemon 1:6hopōs tas koinōnias tau pistiau su energas geneteia en epignōsia panteu agatheu teu …… partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good …