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Koine Greek wordlink #51437

SR GNT Luke 12:58 ἐργασίαν (ergasian) ‘the way give effort to_have released from him’ Strongs=20390 Lemma=ergasia
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form ἐργασίαν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐργασίαν’ (N-AFS) has 3 different glosses: ‘the working’, ‘business’, ‘effort’.

Acts 16:16 ‘to meet with us who business much was bringing_about for the’ SR GNT Acts 16:16 word 20

OET-LV: 16 And it _became, of _us going to the prayer place, a_ certain _servant _girl having a_ python _spirit, to _meet with _us, who fortune-telling was _bringing _about much business for _the masters of _her. (ACT_16:16)

OET-RV: 16 One time as we were walking to the prayer meeting, we met a female slave who was possessed by a spirit that enabled her to tell fortunes, and thanks to that, to earn a lot of money for her masters. (ACT 16:16)

Acts 19:24 ‘craftsmen no little business’ SR GNT Acts 19:24 word 21

OET-LV: 24 For/Because a_certain silversmith by_the_name Daʸmaʸtrios, making temples silver of _Artemis, was _bringing _about no little business to _the craftsmen, (ACT_19:24)

OET-RV: 24 A silversmith named Demetrius made little silver shrines of Artemis and this business brought a tidy profit to the local craftsmen. (ACT 19:24)

Eph 4:19 ‘gave_over to wantonness for the working of impurity all with’ SR GNT Eph 4:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 who having _languished, gave_ themselves _over to_ the _wantonness for the_working of _impurity all with greediness. (EPH_4:19)

OET-RV: 19 They stopped caring about what’s right and wrong, and then greedily indulged themselves in their own impure lusts. (EPH 4:19)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular