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Strong's G2039 ἐργασία (ergasia)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2039 — haran in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2039
Language Greek
Linked Usages 49
Books 19

Strong's G2039 Quick Answer

Strong's G2039 ἐργασία (ergasia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ergasia (er-gas-ee'-ah) n. 1. occupation 2. (by implication) profit, pains It has 49 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include gain, diligence, gains, occupation, and work. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ergasia (er-gas-ee'-ah) n. 1. occupation 2. (by implication) profit, pains
Usage
49 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
gain, diligence, gains, occupation, and work

Meaning and Definition

ergasia (er-gas-ee'-ah) n. 1. occupation 2. (by implication) profit, pains [from G2040] KJV: craft, diligence, gain, work Root(s): G2040

Original Word
ἐργασία
Transliteration
ergasia
Derivation
Root: ἐργάτης R1: 2040
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2039. 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)

work

Usage: ἐργασία, -ας, ἡ (ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc. ;] __1. work, business: Act.16:16, 19 19:24-25; δὸς ἐ. (Lat. da operam), Luk.12:58. __2. working, performance: Eph.4:19.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2039 Is Translated

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

gain Acts 16:16 diligence Luke 12:58 gains Acts 16:19 occupation Acts 19:25 work Ephesians 4:19

How Strong's G2039 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, 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 31 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 G2039 (ἐργασία) appears 45 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2039 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 G2039 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 12:58 KJV

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Acts 16:16 KJV

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

Acts 16:19 KJV

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Strong's G2039 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 29:27 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 26:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.

Exodus 39:1 Septuagint / Brenton

All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was of the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel.

Strong's G2039 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:48 Septuagint / Brenton

And Hashabiah, and Annunus, and Jeshaiah his brother, of the sons of Hananiah, and their sons, were twenty men.

Wisdom of Solomon 13:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;

Wisdom of Solomon 13:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, Asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do anything.

Strong's G2039 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 8:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all

Usage Excerpts

First 49 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2039.

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 26:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver.
Exodus 39:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was of the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel.
Leviticus 13:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean.
Numbers 31:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall purify every garment and every leathern utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.
Ruth 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord recompense thy work: may a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to trust under his wings.
1 Chronicles 6:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, were the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 6:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons were to burn incense on the altar of whole burnt offerings, and on the altar of incense, for all the ministry in the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
1 Chronicles 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their brethren, chiefs of their families, a thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty men for the work of the ministration of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 26:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these were of the sons of Obed-edom, they and their sons and their brethren, doing mightily in service: in all sixty-two born to Obed-edom.
1 Chronicles 26:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Izharites, Chenaniah, and his sons were over the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge.
1 Chronicles 26:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, a thousand and seven hundred mighty men, were over the charge of Israel beyond Jordan westward, for all the service of the Lord and work of the king.
1 Chronicles 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the plan of the courses of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and of the stores of vessels for ministration of the service of the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner storerooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hiram made the fleshhooks, and the fire pans, and the grate of the altar, and all its instruments: and Hiram finished doing all the work which he wrought for King Solomon in the house of God:
2 Chronicles 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon brought in the holy things of his father David, the silver, and the gold, and the other vessels, and put them in the treasury of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
2 Chronicles 24:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king and Jehoiada the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 31:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.
2 Chronicles 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And overseers were over the burden-bearers, and over all the workmen in the respective works; and of the Levites were appointed scribes, and judges, and porters.
2 Chronicles 34:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and given it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of them that do the work.
Psalms 103:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Man shall go forth to his work, And to his labor till evening.
Psalms 106:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that go down to the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters;
Ecclesiastes 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I saw that the righteous, and the wise, And their works, are in the hand of God: Yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, Though all are before their face.
Isaiah 1:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burned up together, and there shall be none to quench them.
Isaiah 41:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
whence ye are, and whence is your work: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.
Ezekiel 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will they take wood of it to make it fit for work? will they take of it a peg to hang any vessel upon it?
Ezekiel 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for any work?
Ezekiel 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Not even while it is yet whole will it be useful for any work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be fit for work?
Jonah 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, Tell us what is thine occupation, and whence comest thou, and of what country and what people art thou?
Luke 12:58 New Testament, KJV
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Acts 16:16 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Acts 16:19 New Testament, KJV
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
Acts 19:24 New Testament, KJV
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Acts 19:25 New Testament, KJV
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
Ephesians 4:19 New Testament, KJV
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
1 Esdras 8:48 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hashabiah, and Annunus, and Jeshaiah his brother, of the sons of Hananiah, and their sons, were twenty men.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;
Wisdom of Solomon 13:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, Asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do anything.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, Took him now for a god, which a little before was but honored as a man.
Wisdom of Sirach 6:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Come unto her as one that ploweth and soweth, And wait for her good fruits: For thou shalt not toil much in laboring about her, But thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Hate not laborious work, Neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; Neither with a coward in matters of war; Nor with a merchant concerning exchange; Nor with a buyer of selling; Nor with an envious man of thankfulness; Nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; Nor with the slothful for any work; Nor with a hireling for a year of finishing work; Nor with an idle servant of much business: Hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So doth the potter sitting at his work, And turning the wheel about with his feet, Who is always carefully set at his work, And maketh all his work by number;
Wisdom of Sirach 38:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But they will maintain the state of the world, And all their desire is in the work of their craft. But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, And is occupied in the meditation thereof,
Wisdom of Sirach 51:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then thought I upon thy mercy, O Lord, And upon thy acts of old, How thou deliverest such as wait for thee, And savest them out of the hands of the enemies.
1 Enoch 8:1 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2039, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 4 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2039 FAQ

What does ergasia (ἐργασία) mean?

Ergasia (Strong's G2039) is a Greek word most simply glossed "occupation". ergasia (er-gas-ee'-ah) n. 1. occupation 2. (by implication) profit, pains

How many times is ergasia (ἐργασία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 49 linked usages for Strong's G2039 across 19 books.

Where can I study ergasia (ἐργασία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2039 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ergasia (ἐργασία)?

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

Does Strong's G2039 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2039, with linked reader references where each row is available.