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Strong's G2038 ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai)

Ergazomai means “commit” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2038 — harmon (“palace”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2038
Language Greek
Linked Usages 150
Books 43

Strong's G2038 Quick Answer

Strong's G2038 ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ergazomai (er-gad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc. [middle voice from G2041] It has 150 linked Bible usages across 43 books. Visible English usage signals include do and occupation. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ergazomai (er-gad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc. [middle voice from G2041]
Usage
150 linked usages
Books
43 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
do and occupation

Meaning and Definition

ergazomai (er-gad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc. [middle voice from G2041] KJV: commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work Root(s): G2041

Original Word
ἐργάζομαι
Transliteration
ergazomai
Derivation
Root: ἔργον R1: 2041
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2038. 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)

to work

Usage: ἐργάζομαι (ἔργον), [in LXX for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc. ;] __1. intrans., __(a) to work, labour: Mat.21:28, Luk.13:14, Jhn.5:17 9:4 b, Act.18:3, 1Co.9:6, 2Th.3:10-12; τ. χερσίν, 1Co.4:12, 1Th.4:11; νυκτὸς κ. ἡαέρας, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8; of working for pay, Mat.21:28; for reward, Rom.4:4-5; __(b) to work at a trade or business, to trade: before Iv (Dem.), Mat.25:16. __2. Trans., __(a) to work, work out, do, produce, perform: with accusative, 2Co.7:10, Col.3:23, 2Th.3:11, Jas.1:20, 2Jn.8, before εἰς, III Jn 5;

ἔργον, Act.13:41 (LXX); id. before εἰς, Mat.26:10; ἐν, Mrk.14:6; ἔργα, Jhn.3:21; τὰ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.6:28 9:4; τὸ ἔ. κυρίου, 1Co.16:10; τ. ἀγαθόν, Rom.2:10, Eph.4:28 (see AR, Eph.) 190); id. before πρός, Gal.6:10; κακόν, before dative of person(s) (more frequently dupl. accusative, in cl.), Rom.13:10; δικαιοσύνην, Act.10:35, Heb.11:33; ἀνομίαν, Mat.7:23; ἁμαρτίαν, Jas.2:9; σημεῖον, Jhn.6:30; τ. ἱερά, 1Co.9:13; τ. θάλασσαν (work the sea, i.e. make one's living from it), Rev.18:17;

__(b) to work for, earn by working (cl.): Jhn.6:27 (cf. κατ-, περι-, προσ-εργάζομαι; Cremer, 258; on the force of the aorist of this verb, see M, Pr., 116).† (AS)

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How Strong's G2038 Is Translated

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

do John 6:28 occupation Acts 18:3

How Strong's G2038 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. 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 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 89 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2038 (ἐργάζομαι) appears 117 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2038 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 G2038 in the New Testament

37 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:23 KJV

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 21:28 KJV

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Matthew 25:16 KJV

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

Strong's G2038 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

89 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:5 Septuagint / Brenton

and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

Genesis 2:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 3:23 Septuagint / Brenton

So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.

Strong's G2038 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

23 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2038 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2038.

Genesis 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.
Genesis 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
Genesis 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.
Genesis 29:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fulfill then her sevens, and I will give to thee her also in return for thy labor, which thou laborest with me, yet seven other years.
Exodus 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.
Exodus 20:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six days thou shalt labor, and shalt perform all thy work.
Exodus 31:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet,
Exodus 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and works in stone, and for artificers’ work in wood, to work at all works.
Exodus 34:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: there shall be rest in seedtime and harvest.
Exodus 35:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every man that is wise in heart among you, let him come and work all things whatsoever the Lord has commanded.
Exodus 36:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought.
Exodus 36:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing anymore.
Exodus 36:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 25:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall be with thee as a hireling or a sojourner, he shall work for thee till the year of release:
Numbers 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.
Numbers 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.
Numbers 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord.
Numbers 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to the holy things.
Numbers 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from fifty years old the Levite shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
Numbers 8:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.
Numbers 31:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.
Deuteronomy 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six days thou shalt work, and thou shalt do all thy works;
Deuteronomy 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every firstborn that shall be born among thy kine and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord thy God; thou shalt not work with thy firstborn calf, and thou shalt not shear the firstborn of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not labored, and which has not borne a yoke.
Deuteronomy 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall slay the heifer in the valley.
2 Kingdoms 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him; and thou shalt bring in bread to the son of thy lord, and he shall eat bread: and Mephibosheth the son of thy lord shall eat bread continually at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
1 Chronicles 25:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.
1 Chronicles 27:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And over the husbandmen who tilled the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub.
2 Chronicles 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, even twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
Job 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: The poor have labored in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
Job 33:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, all these things the Mighty One works In a threefold manner with a man.
Job 34:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will see apart from myself: Do thou show me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do so anymore.
Psalms 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: Thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.
Psalms 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has opened a pit, and dug it up, And he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
Psalms 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will not all the workers of iniquity know, Who eat up my people as they would eat bread? They have not called upon the Lord.
Psalms 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, Who speaks truth in his heart.
Psalms 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Draw not away my soul with sinners, And destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, But evils are in their hearts.
Psalms 35:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: They are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.
Psalms 43:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, The work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 52:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will none of the workers of iniquity know, Who devour my people as they would eat bread? They have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:
Psalms 57:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: Your hands plot unrighteousness.
Psalms 58:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from bloody men.
Psalms 58:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, Draw nigh to visit all the heathen; Pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.
Psalms 63:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; From the multitude of them that work iniquity;
Psalms 73:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But God is our King of old; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 91:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When the sinners spring up as the grass, And all the workers of iniquity have watched; It is that they may be utterly destroyed forever.
Psalms 91:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; And all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 93:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They will utter and speak unrighteousness; All the workers of iniquity will speak so.
Psalms 93:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? Or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 100:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, That I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.
Psalms 118:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they that work iniquity Have not walked in his ways.
Psalms 124:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But them that turn aside to crooked ways The Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: But peace shall be upon Israel.
Psalms 140:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Incline not my heart to evil things, To employ pretexts for sins, With men who work iniquity: And let me not unite with their choice ones.
Psalms 140:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
Proverbs 3:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lest he do thee some harm.
Proverbs 10:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But ruin comes to them that work wickedness.
Proverbs 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she finds by experience that working is good; And her candle goes not out all night.
Proverbs 35:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also the abundance of the earth is for everyone: The king is dependent on the tilled field.
Isaiah 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For where ten yoke of oxen plow the land shall yield one jarful, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.
Isaiah 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make fine linen.
Isaiah 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Till thy land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.
Isaiah 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will the plowman plow all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?
Isaiah 30:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley.
Isaiah 44:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions the idol with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
Isaiah 44:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yea, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and of the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.
Isaiah 45:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?
Jeremiah 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbor for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.
Jeremiah 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I gave the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.
Jeremiah 34:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And hearken ye not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretell events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, Ye shall by no means work for the king of Babylon:
Jeremiah 34:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the nation which shall put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, I will even leave it upon its land, and it shall serve him, and dwell in it.
Jeremiah 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they prophesy unrighteous words to you,
Jeremiah 35:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus said the Lord, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all the nations, that they may serve the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 41:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When six years are accomplished, thou shalt set free thy brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to thee: for he shall serve thee six years, and then thou shalt let him go free: but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear.
Jeremiah 41:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not kept my covenant, which they made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice with it,
Jeremiah 47:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, saying, Be not afraid before the children of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be better for you.
Ezekiel 27:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of Uzqal came wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading population.
Ezekiel 36:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of everyone that passed by.
Ezekiel 48:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the remainder of the length that is next to the firstfruits of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and they shall be the firstfruits of the sanctuary; and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that labor for the city.
Ezekiel 48:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that labor for the city shall labor for it out of all the tribes of Israel.
Hosea 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
there the city Gilead despised me, working vanity, troubling water.
Hosea 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;
Micah 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
Habakkuk 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, ye despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which ye will in nowise believe, though a man declare it to you.
Zephaniah 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hidden in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
Zechariah 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.
Matthew 7:23 New Testament, KJV
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 21:28 New Testament, KJV
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Matthew 25:16 New Testament, KJV
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
Matthew 26:10 New Testament, KJV
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Mark 14:6 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Luke 13:14 New Testament, KJV
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
John 3:21 New Testament, KJV
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 5:17 New Testament, KJV
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
John 6:27 New Testament, KJV
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
John 6:28 New Testament, KJV
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
John 6:30 New Testament, KJV
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
John 9:4 New Testament, KJV
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Acts 10:35 New Testament, KJV
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts 13:41 New Testament, KJV
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Acts 18:3 New Testament, KJV
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Romans 2:10 New Testament, KJV
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Romans 4:4 New Testament, KJV
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Romans 4:5 New Testament, KJV
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 13:10 New Testament, KJV
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
1 Corinthians 4:12 New Testament, KJV
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
1 Corinthians 9:6 New Testament, KJV
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
1 Corinthians 9:13 New Testament, KJV
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
1 Corinthians 16:10 New Testament, KJV
Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
Galatians 6:10 New Testament, KJV
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Ephesians 4:28 New Testament, KJV
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Colossians 3:23 New Testament, KJV
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 2:9 New Testament, KJV
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 New Testament, KJV
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
2 Thessalonians 3:8 New Testament, KJV
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
2 Thessalonians 3:10 New Testament, KJV
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:11 New Testament, KJV
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2038, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 6 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Romans 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 4 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 4 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
2 John 1 usage, New Testament
3 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 12 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2038 FAQ

What does ergazomai (ἐργάζομαι) mean?

Ergazomai (Strong's G2038) is a Greek word most simply glossed "commit". ergazomai (er-gad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc. [middle voice from G2041]

How many times is ergazomai (ἐργάζομαι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 150 linked usages for Strong's G2038 across 43 books.

Where can I study ergazomai (ἐργάζομαι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2038 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ergazomai (ἐργάζομαι)?

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

Does Strong's G2038 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 89 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 23 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2038, with linked reader references where each row is available.