ἐνεργέω

ἐνεργέω, -ῶ

[in LXX: 4 Mos 8,24 B (עֲבֹדָה צָבָא), Es 41,4, Ord 21,6 (פָּעַל), Ord 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), Matt 14,2, Mark 6,14, Ef 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), 1 Kor 12,11, Ef 1,11; id, before ἐν, with dative of person(s), 1 Kor 12,6, Gal 3,5, Fil 2,13; ἐ. ἐνέργειαν, Ef 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: 2 Thess 2,7 before ἐν, Rom 7,5, 2 Kor 1,6; 4,12, Ef 3,20, Kol 1,29, 1 Thess 2,13; before διά, with genitive of thing(s), Gal 5,6 ἐνεργουμένη (M, Pr., 156), Jak 5,16 (Cremer, 262).†