ἐργάζομαι

ἐργάζομαι

(ἔργον), [in LXX for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc. ;]

1. intrans.,

(a) to work, labour: Matt 21,28, Luk 13,14, Joh 5,17; 9,4 b, ApG 18,3, 1 Kor 9,6, 2 Thess 3,10-12; τ. χερσίν, 1 Kor 4,12, 1 Thess 4,11; νυκτὸς κ. ἡαέρας, 1 Thess 2,9, 2 Thess 3,8; of working for pay, Matt 21,28 for reward, Rom 4,4-5;

(b) to work at a trade or business, to trade: before Iv (Dem.), Matt 25,16,

2. Trans.,

(a) to work, work out, do, produce, perform: with accusative, 2 Kor 7,10, Kol 3,23, 2 Thess 3,11, Jak 1,20, 2 Joh 8, before εἰς, 3 Joh 5; ἔργον, ApG 13,41 (LXX); id. before εἰς, Matt 26,10 ἐν, Mark 14,6 ἔργα, Joh 3,21 τὰ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ, Joh 6,28; 9,4; τὸ ἔ. κυρίου, 1 Kor 16,10 τ. ἀγαθόν, Rom 2,10, Ef 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, ApG 10,35, Hebr 11,33; ἀνομίαν, Matt 7,23 ἁμαρτίαν, Jak 2,9 σημεῖον, Joh 6,30 τ. ἱερά, 1 Kor 9,13 τ. θάλασσαν (work the sea, i.e. make one's living from it), Åb 18,17

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