Energeia means “operation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1753 — dur (“dwell”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1753 ἐνέργεια (energeia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. energeia (en-erg'-ei-ah) n. 1. efficiency ("energy") [from G1756] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include working, effectual, operation, and strong. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
energeia (en-erg'-ei-ah) n. 1. efficiency ("energy") [from G1756] KJV: operation, strong, (effectual) working Root(s): G1756
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active energy
Usage: ἐνέργεια, -ας, ἡ (ἐνεργής), [in LXX: Wis.7:17, 26 13:4 18:22, 2Ma.3:29, 3Ma.4:21 3Mac 5:12 3Mac 5:28 * ;] operative power (as distinct from δύναμις, potential power), working: of God, Eph.1:19 3:7 4:16, Php.3:21, Col.1:29 2:12; of Satan, 2Th.2:9 2:11 (cf. M, Th., l.with; AR, Eph., 241 ff.; Cremer, 261).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render energeia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1753 (ἐνέργεια) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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8 indexed usages in New Testament.
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
for he by the hand of God was cast down, and lay speechless without all hope of life.
Now this was the active interference of the unconquerable Providence which assisted the Jews from heaven.
By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1753.
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
for he by the hand of God was cast down, and lay speechless without all hope of life.
Now this was the active interference of the unconquerable Providence which assisted the Jews from heaven.
By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.
But this was the working of that Almighty God who had made him forget all his purpose.
For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, Namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements:
For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, The unspotted mirror of the power of God, And the image of his goodness.
But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, Let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.
So he overcame the destroyer, not with might of body, Nor force of arms, But with a word subdued him that punished, Alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1753, grouped by book.
Energeia (Strong's G1753) is a Greek word most simply glossed "operation". energeia (en-erg'-ei-ah) n. 1. efficiency ("energy") [from G1756]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G1753 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1753 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as working, effectual, operation, and strong. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1753, with linked reader references where each row is available.