G2041Greekἔrga

ἔργα

toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act

169
Total Occurrences
26
Books
0
Old Testament
169
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1business, employment, that which any one is occupied
  • 2that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking
  • 3any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind
  • 4an act, deed, thing done

Etymology & Derivation

from a primary (but obsolete) ???? (to work)

Scholarly Notes

the idea of working is emphasized in opposition to that which is less than work.