Lexical Summary ergasia: work (noun) Original Word: ἐργασίαTransliteration: ergasia Phonetic Spelling: (er-gas-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: work (noun) Meaning: work (noun) Strong's Concordance craft, diligence, gain, work. From ergates; occupation; by implication, profit, pains -- craft, diligence, gain, work. see GREEK ergates Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2039: ἐργασίαἐργασία, ἐργασίας, ἡ, (ἐργάζομαι; 1. equivalent to τό ἐργάζεσθαι, a working, performing: ἀκαθαρσίας, Ephesians 4:19. 2. work, business: Acts 19:25 (Xenophon, oec. 6, 8, et al.). 3. gain got by work, profit: Acts 16:19; παρέχειν ἐργασίαν τίνι, Acts 16:16; Acts 19:24 (yet others refer this to 2 above); (Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 1; cyneg. 3, 3; Polybius 4, 50, 3). 4. endeavor, pains (A. V. diligence): δίδωμι ἐργασίαν, after the Latinismoperam do, Luke 12:58 (Hermog. de invent. 3, 5, 7). |
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