noun · feminine
ergasias
Strong’sG2039
working, activity, trade, performance
stem ergasi-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 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.
ἐργασία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2039 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider-gas-ee'-ah
occupation; by implication, profit, pains
Fromfrom G2040;
King Jamescraft, diligence, gain, work.
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
Ionic dialect -ιη, Cretan dialect ϝεργασία Refs work, business, Refs, etc.; opposed to ἀργία, Refs 5th c.BC+ productive labour, Refs 5th c.BC+ if no work was done, Refs 4th c.BC+ with infinitive, Latin da operam ut.., NT.Luke.12.58, compare Refs 6th c.BC+
2 function, Refs 2nd c.AD+.
II working at, making, manufacture, ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων, etc., Refs 6th c.BC+; making up of a prescription, Refs 5th c.BC+ taken in the part wrought by thy hands, Refs 5th c.BC+ production of pleasure, Refs 5th c.BC+ money-making, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 working of a material, Refs 5th c.BC+; χαλκοῦ, ἐρίων, ξύλων, Refs 5th c.BC+: most commonly, tillage of the ground, ἐ. γῆς, χώρας, Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐ. περὶ τὴν τροφήν preparation (i.e. mastication and digestion) of food, Refs 4th c.BC+; treatment of silphium, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 generally, trade, business, Refs 5th c.BC+ engaged in trade by sea, Refs 4th c.BC+ the banking business, Refs 2nd c.AD+ dyers by trade, Refs 2nd c.AD+; especially of a courtesan's trade, Refs 5th c.BC+; of sexual intercourse, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3.b ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης if a slave brings in earnings, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 practising, exercising, Refs 6th c.BC+.
II.5 work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐ., of the Hermae, Refs 5th c.BC+ the fortification works, Refs
II.6 literary execution, Refs 1st c.BC+; elaboration of a topic, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.7 production of a play, Refs 4th c.BC+
III guild or company of workmen, ἡ ἐ. τῶν βαφέωνRefs; ἐριοπλυτῶν 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 | ergasias | ergasiais |
| object accusative | ergasian4×ἐργασίαν | ergasiain |
| direct address vocative | ergasiar | ergasiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ergasiau2×ἐργασίας | ergasiaiu |
| to, for dative | ergasia | ergasiai |
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
ergasia 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
ergasian“effort”objectaccusative singular4×
Luke 12:58… epi archonton, en ta hoda dōasar ergasian apallaxorē apo autou, mēpote katasurateiō sin …Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while …
Acts 16:16“profit”… echarōntan pneumem puthōnon hupantara ni, hotinas ergasian pollan parechate toi kurioi autau manteuorōntas;… were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
Acts 19:24… Artemiau parechote toi technitoi ouk oligan ergasian,… silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
Ephesians 4:19… apalgarēntois heautoin paradōala ta aselgeia eis ergasian akatharsiau pantau en pleonexia.… themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with …
ergasiau“profit”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 16:19“profit”… autau hoti exerchata tas elpidas tau ergasiau autoiu epilaberantois ton Paulon kai ton …… owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in …
Acts 19:25… Androir, epistovō hoti ek houtau tau ergasiau tas euporias ni atō,… he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.