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ἐργάζομαι

Strong’s: G2038

Associated OET lemmas: ἐργάζομαι

Notes: Any meaning involving ‘to cause to be’ implies some change in state, and therefore one could classify these meanings under Subdomain B Change of State in Domain 13 Be, Become, Exist, Happen. However, the focus seems to be primarily upon the changed state rather than upon the process of moving from one state to another. The fact that a change of state has taken place seems to be semantically incidental.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἐργάζομαι; aor.; ειρ-; ἠρ-; ἐργάζομαι; pf.; εἴργασμαι

Related lemmas: ἀγαθοεργέω · ἀμπελουργός · ἀργέω · ἀργός · γεωργέω · γεώργιον · γεωργός · δημιουργός · ἐνέργεια · ἐνεργέω · ἐνέργημα · ἐνεργής · ἐργασία · ἐργάτης · ἔργον · εὐεργεσία · εὐεργετέω · εὐεργέτης · ἱερουργέω · κακοῦργος · καταργέω · κατεργάζομαι · λειτουργέω · λειτουργία · λειτουργικός · λειτουργός · οἰκουργός · πανουργία · πανοῦργος · περιεργάζομαι · περίεργος · προσεργάζομαι · ῥᾳδιούργημα · ῥᾳδιουργία · συνεργέω · συνεργός · συνυπουργέω

Sense 1: to work, to labor

Semantic entry: 42.41

Semantic domains: Perform, Do

Subdomains: Work, Toil

Definition: to engage in an activity involving considerable expenditure of effort

MAT 21:28: RV MAT 21:28 · LV MAT 21:28 · Read together MAT 21:28

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OET-RV MAT 21:28

28 “But what does it matter to you people, anyway? There was a man who had two children, and he went up to the first one and told him, ‘Son, go and work in my vineyard today.’

OET-LV MAT 21:28

28 But what is _it _supposing to _you _all?
A_man was _having two children.
And having _approached to _the_ first _one he _said:
Child, be _going today, be _working in the vineyard of _me.

LUK 13:14: RV LUK 13:14 · LV LUK 13:14 · Read together LUK 13:14

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OET-RV LUK 13:14

14 But the hall leader was angry because it was the Rest Day when Yeshua had healed her and started telling the crowd, “There’s six days when it’s fine to work, so come then to be healed—not on the Rest Day!”

OET-LV LUK 13:14

14 But the synagogue _leader answering, resenting because the Yaʸsous healed on _the day _of _rest, he _was _saying to _the crowd, because Six days are in which it _is _fitting to _be _working, therefore coming in them be _being _healed, and not on _the day of _the day _of _rest.

All 20 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 21:28 · LV MAT 21:28 · Read together MAT 21:28

LUK: RV LUK 13:14 · LV LUK 13:14 · Read together LUK 13:14

JHN: RV JHN 5:17 · RV JHN 6:27 · RV JHN 9:4 · LV JHN 5:17 · LV JHN 6:27 · LV JHN 9:4 · Read together JHN 5:17 · Read together JHN 6:27 · Read together JHN 9:4

ROM: RV ROM 4:4–5 · LV ROM 4:4–5 · Read together ROM 4:4–5

CO1: RV CO1 4:12 · RV CO1 9:6 · RV CO1 16:10 · LV CO1 4:12 · LV CO1 9:6 · LV CO1 16:10 · Read together CO1 4:12 · Read together CO1 9:6 · Read together CO1 16:10

EPH: RV EPH 4:28 · LV EPH 4:28 · Read together EPH 4:28

COL: RV COL 3:23 · LV COL 3:23 · Read together COL 3:23

TH1: RV TH1 2:9 · RV TH1 4:11 · LV TH1 2:9 · LV TH1 4:11 · Read together TH1 2:9 · Read together TH1 4:11

TH2: RV TH2 3:8 · RV TH2 3:10–12 · LV TH2 3:8 · LV TH2 3:10–12 · Read together TH2 3:8 · Read together TH2 3:10–12

HEB: RV HEB 11:33 · LV HEB 11:33 · Read together HEB 11:33

JN2: RV JN2 1:8 · LV JN2 1:8 · Read together JN2 1:8

Sense 2: to do business, to trade, work, business

Semantic entry: 57.198

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Earn, Gain, Do Business

Definition: to be involved in business, with focus upon the work which is involved

MAT 25:16: RV MAT 25:16 · LV MAT 25:16 · Read together MAT 25:16

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OET-RV MAT 25:16

16 In his absence, the one with five bags of silver used it for trading and gained five more bags.

OET-LV MAT 25:16

16 Having _been _gone, the one having _received the five talantons_of _silver worked with them and gained other five talantons_of _silver.

ACT 18:3: RV ACT 18:3 · LV ACT 18:3 · Read together ACT 18:3

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OET-RV ACT 18:3

3 and since they worked in the same trade, he ended up staying with them and they worked together in their craft of tent-making.

OET-LV ACT 18:3

3 and because _of to _be the same _trade, he _was _remaining with them and they _were _working, because/for they _were tent _makers the by _craft.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 25:16 · LV MAT 25:16 · Read together MAT 25:16

ACT: RV ACT 18:3 · LV ACT 18:3 · Read together ACT 18:3

REV: RV REV 18:17 · LV REV 18:17 · Read together REV 18:17

Sense 3: to do, to make, to perform

Semantic entry: 90.47

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Agent of a Numerable Event

Definition: a marker of an agent relation with numerable events, with the probable implication of comprehensiveness

MAT 7:23: RV MAT 7:23 · LV MAT 7:23 · Read together MAT 7:23

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OET-RV MAT 7:23

23 Then I’ll have to tell them, ‘I don’t even know you. Go away from me, all of you whose behaviour is against God’s laws.’

OET-LV MAT 7:23

23 And then I _will _be _confessing to _them, that I_ never _knew you _all:
be _going _away from me, you _all working the lawlessness.

MAT 26:10: RV MAT 26:10 · LV MAT 26:10 · Read together MAT 26:10

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OET-RV MAT 26:10

10 But Yeshua knew what they were saying and responded, “Why are you all causing problems for this woman, because she did something beautiful for me.

OET-LV MAT 26:10

10 But the Yaʸsous having _known, said to _them:
Why are _you _all _bringing _about troubles to _the women?
For/Because she _did a_ beautiful _work to me.

All 14 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 7:23 · RV MAT 26:10 · LV MAT 7:23 · LV MAT 26:10 · Read together MAT 7:23 · Read together MAT 26:10

MRK: RV MRK 14:6 · LV MRK 14:6 · Read together MRK 14:6

JHN: RV JHN 3:21 · RV JHN 6:28 · RV JHN 6:30 · RV JHN 9:4 · LV JHN 3:21 · LV JHN 6:28 · LV JHN 6:30 · LV JHN 9:4 · Read together JHN 3:21 · Read together JHN 6:28 · Read together JHN 6:30 · Read together JHN 9:4

ACT: RV ACT 10:35 · RV ACT 13:41 · LV ACT 10:35 · LV ACT 13:41 · Read together ACT 10:35 · Read together ACT 13:41

ROM: RV ROM 2:10 · RV ROM 13:10 · LV ROM 2:10 · LV ROM 13:10 · Read together ROM 2:10 · Read together ROM 13:10

CO1: RV CO1 9:13 · LV CO1 9:13 · Read together CO1 9:13

JAM: RV JAM 2:9 · LV JAM 2:9 · Read together JAM 2:9

JN3: RV JN3 1:5 · LV JN3 1:5 · Read together JN3 1:5

Sense 4: to cause to be, to make to be, to make, to result in, to bring upon, to bring about

Semantic entry: 13.9

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to cause a state to be{N:001}

Notes: It is also possible to interpret ἐργάζομαι in RV MAT 7:23 · LV MAT 7:23 · Read together MAT 7:23 as ἐργάζομαι [source selector 000002][c] (see 90.47: ἐργάζομαι / 90.47: κατεργάζομαι).

MAT 7:23: RV MAT 7:23 · LV MAT 7:23 · Read together MAT 7:23

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OET-RV MAT 7:23

23 Then I’ll have to tell them, ‘I don’t even know you. Go away from me, all of you whose behaviour is against God’s laws.’

OET-LV MAT 7:23

23 And then I _will _be _confessing to _them, that I_ never _knew you _all:
be _going _away from me, you _all working the lawlessness.

CO2 7:10: RV CO2 7:10 · LV CO2 7:10 · Read together CO2 7:10

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OET-RV CO2 7:10

10 Because sorrow according to God’s values brings repentance that leads to salvation without regrets, but the world’s sorrow leads to death.

OET-LV CO2 7:10

10 For/Because the according _to god sorrow, repentance to salvation unregrettable is _producing, and the of _the world sorrow, death is _producing.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 7:23 · LV MAT 7:23 · Read together MAT 7:23

CO2: RV CO2 7:10 · LV CO2 7:10 · Read together CO2 7:10

GAL: RV GAL 6:10 · LV GAL 6:10 · Read together GAL 6:10

HEB: RV HEB 11:33 · LV HEB 11:33 · Read together HEB 11:33