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Strong's #1753 - ἐνέργεια

Transliteration
enérgeia
Phonetics
en-erg'-i-ah
Origin
from (G1756)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
2:652,251
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. working, efficiency
    1. in the NT used only of superhuman power, whether of God or of the Devil
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
BSB (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
CSB (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
ESV (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
KJV (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
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NLT (5)
Ephesians 1
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 3
WEB (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
YLT (8)
Ephesians 3
Philippians 1
Colossians 2
2 Thessalonians 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐνέργ-εια, ἡ,

I

1. activity, operation, opp. ἕξις (disposition), Arist. EN 1098b33, al.; ζῴου Plb. 1.4.7; ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐφροσύνη κατὰ κίνησιν ἐνεργείᾳ βλέπονται Epicur. Fr. 2; opp. ἀογία, Hierocl. in CA 19p.461M.: pl., παντοδαπαὶ ἐ. Polystr. p.30 W.; ἐ. καὶ σπουδή PTeb. 616 (ii A.D.); physiological function, Gal. 6.21; performance, τῶν καθηκόντων Ph. 1.91; activity, of drugs, Gal. 6.467; force, of an engine, D.S. 20.95 (but, mechanism, 'action', Hero Aut. 1.7). workmanship, Aristeas 59.

2. esp. of divine or supernatural action, Ephesians 1:19, al., Aristeas 266; ἐ. θεοῦ Διὸς Βαιτοκαίκης OGI 262.4 (Syria, iii A.D.); magical operation, ἱερὰ ἐ. PMag.Par. 1.159.

3. pl., ἐνέργειαι cosmic forces, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.41.6.

4. Gramm., active force, opp. πάθος, D.T. 637.29, A.D. Synt. 9.9 (pl.), al.; ἐνέργειαι καὶ πάθη active and passive forms, Alex. Fig. 2.14.

5. Rhet., vigour of style, Arist. Rh. 1411b28.

II in the philos. of Arist., opp. δύναμις, actuality, Metaph. 1048a26, al.; opp. ὕλη, ib.1043a20; ἡ ὡς ἐ. οὐσία, substance in the sense of actuality, ib.1042b10; opp. ἐντελέχεια, as actuality to full reality, ib.1050a22, 1047a30; ἐνεργείᾳ actually, opp. δυνάμει, ib.1045b19, al., etc.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐνέργεια, ἐνεργείας, (ἐνεργής, which see), working, efficiency; in the N. T. used only of superhuman power, whether of God or of the devil; of God: Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 2:12; ἐνέργεια ἐνεργουμένη, Colossians 1:29; with a relative intervening, ἐνεργεῖν ἐνέργειαν, Ephesians 1:19f; κατ' ἐνέργειαν ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνός ἑκάστου μέρους, according to the working which agrees with the measure of (is commensurate with) every single part, Ephesians 4:16; κατά τήν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι αὐτόν κτλ. according to the efficiency by which he is able to subject all things to himself, Philippians 3:21. ἐνέργεια τοῦ Σατανᾶ, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; πλάνης, the power with which error works, 2 Thessalonians 2:11. (Wis. 7:17, etc.; 2 Macc. 3:29; τῆς προνοίας, 3Macc. 4:21; not found in the Sept.; in the classics first in Aristotle; (on ἐνέργεια, ἐνεργεῖν, of diabolic influences, cf. Müller on the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 6 [ET]).) (Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἐνέργεια , -ας ,

(< ἐνεργής ),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 7:17; Wisdom of Solomon 7:26; Wisdom of Solomon 13:4; Wisdom of Solomon 18:22, 2 Maccabees 3:29, 3 Maccabees 4:21; 3 Maccabees 5:12; 3 Maccabees 5:28 *;]

operative power (as distinct from δύναμις , potential power), working: of God, Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 3:7; Ephesians 4:16, Philippians 3:21, Colossians 1:29; Colossians 2:12; of Satan, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 (cf. M, Th., l.c.; AR, Eph., 241 ff.; Cremer, 261).†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

With the limitation of this word in the NT to superhuman activity (see Milligan Thess. p. 104), cf. OGIS 262.4 (iii/A.D.) προσενεχθέντος μοι περὶ τῆς ἐνεργείας θεοῦ Διὸς Βαιτοκαίκης : also Aristeas 266 θεοῦ δὲ ἐνεργείᾳ κατευθύνεται πειθώ, and for demonic influence (as in 2 Thessalonians 2:9) Reitzenstein Poimandres, P. 352.23 δαίμονος γὰρ οὐσία ἐνέργεια. The generally strong sense of the word comes out in a fragmentary letter from Cronion, a προφήτης, P Tebt II. 616 (ii/A.D.) ἐκ ̣ π ̣[άσης ?] ἐνεργίας καὶ σπονδῆς καὶ φιλείας.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ενεργειαν ενέργειαν ἐνέργειαν ενεργειας ενεργείας ἐνεργείας energeian enérgeian energeias energeías
 
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