ἔργον ergon

Greek word for “work” · Strong’s G2041 · used 169 times in 157 verses

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Meaning

ἔργον, -ου, τό (originally Ϝέργον, work);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ergon in context, with how often each is used:

• works 97
• work 47
• deeds 13
• deed 5
• action 2
• works? 1
• labor 1
• their works 1
• work — 1
• his works 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

James 2 (9), Revelation 2 (7), John 10 (5), Titus 3 (4), Revelation 3 (4), John 3 (3), John 7 (3), John 14 (3), Romans 2 (3), Romans 3 (3)

Forms

• ἔργα 58
• ἔργων 42
• ἔργον 38
• ἔργοις 13
• ἔργῳ 10
• ἔργου 8

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ergon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καλός kalos “good” 16
• ἀγαθός agathos “good” 15
• πίστις pistis “faith” 17
• πατήρ patēr “father” 19
• κατά kata “according to” 16
• εἰ ei “if” 16
• δικαιόω dikaioō “to justify” 8
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 11
• ἐάν ean “if” 12
• λόγος logos “word” 12
• ἐργάζομαι ergazomai “to work” 7
• ἕκαστος hekastos “each” 8

Key verses

The verses using ergon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to…
• Romans 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• 1 Corinthians 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in…
• Ephesians 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
• Hebrews 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do…
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• 2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with…
• Revelation 2:23 — And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of…
• Revelation 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.