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Strong's G1754 ἐνεργέω (energeo)

Energeo means “be active” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1754 — dur (“ball”) in the Hebrew Bible.

First usage Interlinear Bible Septuagint Bible
Strong's Number G1754
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 17

Strong's G1754 Quick Answer

Strong's G1754 ἐνεργέω (energeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. energeo (en-erg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be active, efficient [from G1756] It has 26 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include worketh, do, effectual, forth, and mighty. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
energeo (en-erg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be active, efficient [from G1756]
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
worketh, do, effectual, forth, and mighty

Meaning and Definition

energeo (en-erg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be active, efficient [from G1756] KJV: do, (be) effectual (fervent), be mighty in, shew forth self, work (effectually in) Root(s): G1756

Original Word
ἐνεργέω
Transliteration
energeo
Derivation
Root: ἐνεργής R1: 1756
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1754. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

be active

Usage: ἐνεργέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Num.8:24 B (עֲבֹדָה צָבָא), Isa.41:4, Pro.21:6 (פָּעַל), Pro.31:12 (גָּמַל), I Est.2:20, Wis.15:11 16:17 * ;] (for full lexical treatment, see AR, Eph., 243 ff.); __1. intrans., to be at work or in action, to operate (opposite to ἀργέω): before ἐν, with dative of person(s), Mat.14:2, Mrk.6:14, Eph.2:2; with dative of person(s), before εἰς (Lft., in l), Gal.2:8. __2. Trans., to work, effect, do: with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.12:11, Eph.1:11;

id, before ἐν, with dative of person(s), 1Co.12:6, Gal.3:5, Php.2:13; ἐ. ἐνέργειαν, Eph.1:19-20 Pass. (taken as mid. by Lft., Ga., 204 f.; but see AR, Eph., l.with; Milligan, Th., 28 f.; Mayor, Ja., 177 ff.), in NT, "always used of some principle or power at work" (Meyer), to be actuated, set in operation: 2Th.2:7; before ἐν, Rom.7:5, 2Co.1:6 4:12, Eph.3:20, Col.1:29, 1Th.2:13; before διά, with genitive of thing(s), Gal.5:6; ἐνεργουμένη (M, Pr., 156), Jas.5:16 (Cremer, 262).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1754 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render energeo, 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.

worketh 1 Corinthians 12:6 8× do Matthew 14:2 4× effectual 2 Corinthians 1:6 2× forth Romans 7:5 mighty Galatians 2:8 work 2 Thessalonians 2:7 working Colossians 1:29

How Strong's G1754 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1754 (ἐνεργέω) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1754 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1754 in the New Testament

19 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 14:2 KJV

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Mark 6:14 KJV

And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Romans 7:5 KJV

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Strong's G1754 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Numbers 8:24 Septuagint / Brenton

This is the ordinance for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.

Proverbs 21:6 Septuagint / Brenton

He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue Pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

Proverbs 31:12 Septuagint / Brenton

For she employs all her living for her husband’s good.

Strong's G1754 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 2:16 Septuagint / Brenton

But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Bishlam, and Mithridates, and Tabeel, and Rehum, and Beltethmus, and Shimshai the secretary, with the rest that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem this letter following;

Wisdom of Solomon 15:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, And him that inspired into him an active soul, And breathed in a living spirit.

Wisdom of Solomon 16:17 Septuagint / Brenton

For, which is most to be wondered at, The fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: For the world fighteth for the righteous.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1754.

Numbers 8:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the ordinance for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
Proverbs 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue Pursues vanity on to the snares of death.
Proverbs 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For she employs all her living for her husband’s good.
Isaiah 41:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM.
Matthew 14:2 New Testament, KJV
And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Mark 6:14 New Testament, KJV
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Romans 7:5 New Testament, KJV
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
1 Corinthians 12:6 New Testament, KJV
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
1 Corinthians 12:11 New Testament, KJV
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
2 Corinthians 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
Galatians 2:8 New Testament, KJV
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
Galatians 3:5 New Testament, KJV
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 5:6 New Testament, KJV
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Ephesians 1:11 New Testament, KJV
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians 1:20 New Testament, KJV
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Ephesians 2:2 New Testament, KJV
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Ephesians 3:20 New Testament, KJV
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Philippians 2:13 New Testament, KJV
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Colossians 1:29 New Testament, KJV
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 New Testament, KJV
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 New Testament, KJV
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
James 5:16 New Testament, KJV
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1 Esdras 2:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Bishlam, and Mithridates, and Tabeel, and Rehum, and Beltethmus, and Shimshai the secretary, with the rest that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem this letter following;
Wisdom of Solomon 15:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, And him that inspired into him an active soul, And breathed in a living spirit.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For, which is most to be wondered at, The fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: For the world fighteth for the righteous.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1754, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 8:24
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 31:12
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 41:4
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Matthew 14:2
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 6:14
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 7:5
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 12:6 1 Corinthians 12:11
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1:6 2 Corinthians 4:12
Galatians 3 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2:8 Galatians 3:5 Galatians 5:6
Ephesians 4 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1:11 Ephesians 1:20 Ephesians 2:2 Ephesians 3:20
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 2:13
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 1:29
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2:7
James 1 usage, New Testament
James 5:16
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Esdras 2:16
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 15:11 Wisdom of Solomon 16:17

Strong's G1754 FAQ

What does energeo (ἐνεργέω) mean?

Energeo (Strong's G1754) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be active". energeo (en-erg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be active, efficient [from G1756]

How many times is energeo (ἐνεργέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G1754 across 17 books.

Where can I study energeo (ἐνεργέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1754 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate energeo (ἐνεργέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as worketh, do, effectual, forth, mighty, and working. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1754 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1754, with linked reader references where each row is available.