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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1754 - ἐνεργέω

Transliteration

energéō

Phonetics

en-erg-eh'-o

Origin

from (G1756)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

2:652,251

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to be operative, be at work, put forth power
1. to work for one, aid one
to effect
to display one's activity, show one's self operative

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1580 ‑ גָּמַל (gaw‑mal'); 6466 ‑ פָּעַל (paw‑al'); 6633 ‑ צָבָא (tsaw‑baw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (22)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

James 1

BSB (21)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

James 1

CSB (21)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

James 1

ESV (21)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

James 1

KJV (22)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

James 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (22)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

James 2

N95 (26)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 6

Ephesians 5

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

James 2

NAS (28)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 6

Ephesians 5

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

James 2

NLT (15)

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 5

Ephesians 3

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

James 2

WEB (22)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

James 1

YLT (21)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2

Galatians 4

Ephesians 4

Philippians 2

Colossians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

James 1

ASV (22)

doth 1

he wrought 1

the 1

these powers 1

to work 1

which worketh 1

work 2

worketh 10

working 1

wrought 3

BSB (21)

accomplishes 1

are at work 2

are the work 1

at work 2

expressed 1

has great power 1

he exerted 1

is at work 2

now at work 1

to act 1

was also at work 1

was at work 1

were at work 1

work 1

working 1

works 2

works out 1

CSB (21)

activates 1

active 1

demonstrated 1

effect 1

effectively 1

experienced 1

operated 1

out 2

work 6

working 3

works 3

ESV (21)

empowered 1

empowers 1

experience 1

work 9

worked 3

working 2

works 4

KJV (22)

do 1

doth 1

effectual 1

effectually 1

fervent 1

mighty 1

themselves 2

work 2

worketh 11

wrought 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (22)

accomplish 1

effective 1

work 7

worked 3

working 3

works 7

N95 (26)

about 1

accomplish 1

brought 1

effective 2

effectually 2

performs 1

work 7

worked 2

working 2

works 7

NAS (28)

about 2

accomplish 1

at 2

brought 2

effective 1

is 2

work 9

working 2

works 7

NLT (15)

expressing 1

face 1

in 1

out 1

results 1

within 2

work 4

worked 2

working 1

works 1

WEB (22)

* 1

appointed 2

are at work 1

he worked 1

produces 1

the insistent 1

to work 1

which works 1

why these powers 1

worked 1

working 1

works 10

YLT (21)

are working 2

did work 1

doth work 3

he wrought 1

is a working 1

that is working 2

that is wrought 1

things is working 1

to work 1

were working 1

who did work 1

who is working 2

work 1

working 3

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAPNSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

ANT

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN- 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

V-RAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 2

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

ELZ

T-ASF 1

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAPNSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAPGSM 1

V-PAPGSN 1

V-PAPNSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMPASF 1

V-PMPGSF 1

V-PMPNSF 2

NA26

V-3AAIS 1

V-3IMIS 1

V-3PAIP 2

V-3PAIS 1

V-3PMIS 3

V-3XAIS 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAPGSM 1

V-PAPGSN 1

V-PAPNSM 3

V-PMPASF 2

V-PMPGSF 1

V-PMPNSF 2

SBL

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

SCV

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

V-RAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAP-GSM 1

V-PAP-GSN 1

V-PAP-NSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMP-ASF 2

V-PMP-GSF 1

V-PMP-NSF 2

TRG

T-ASF 1

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAPNSM 1

V-IMI-3S 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAPGSM 1

V-PAPGSN 1

V-PAPNSM 3

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMPASF 1

V-PMPGSF 1

V-PMPNSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐνεργ-έω,

1. to be in action or activity, operate, Arist. Rh. 1411b26; εὐδαίμων ὁ κατ' ἀρετὴν τελείαν -ῶν Id. EN 1101a15: c. acc., ἐνεργεῖς ποσὸν καὶ δυάδα Plot. 6.6.16; esp. of divine or supernatural action, freq. in NT., τινί, ἔν τινι, Galatians 2:8, Matthew 14:2 : — Med., Romans 7:5, al.

2. to be efficacious, of drugs, Diocl.Fr. 147, Dsc. 1.98, al.; ἐοικότα ἐ. ib.106; ἐνήργησε τὸ φάρμακον Plot. 6.1.22; to be effective, of troops, ταῖς σαρίσαις Ael. Tact. 14.6: — Pass., to be the object of action, Arist. de An. 427a7, Ph. 195b28; ὁ ἐνεργούμενος λίθος IG 7.3073.108 (Lebad.); also, to be actualized, Plot. 3.7.11.

II trans., effect, execute, πάντα κατὰ δύναμιν Plb. 18.14.8; τὰ τοῦ πολέμου Id. 7.5.8; χρείαν Ath.Mech. 14.2, cf. Aristid. Quint. 2.9: — Pass., to be actively carried on, ὁ πόλεμος ἐνηργεῖτο Plb. 1.13.5, cf. D.S. 20.95; τὰ κατὰ πρόθεσιν ἐνεργούμενα things executed, Plb. 9.12.7; μηδὲν ἐνέργημα.. ἐνεργείσθω M.Ant. 4.2.

III Medic., of sexual intercourse, τὴν τοιαύτην πρᾶξιν -οῦσι μετρίως Diocl.Fr. 141, cf. Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).176: euphem. for βινεῖν, in opere esse, Theoc. 4.61; ἐ. τινά Alciphr. 3.55; ἐρωτικόν τι Id. 1.39. operate, in surgery, Orib. 45.18.5, Paul.Aeg. 6.73; ὁ ἐνεργῶν, ὁ ἐνεργούμενος, the surgeon, the patient, Gal. 18(2).626,683.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐνεργέω, ἐνέργω; 1 aorist ἐνήργησα; perfect ἐνήργηκα (Ephesians 1:20 L T WH text Tr marginal reading); (ἐνεργός (see ἐνεργής));

1. intransitive, to be operative, be at work, put forth power: followed by ἐν with the dative of person, Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:14; Ephesians 2:2; followed by the dative of advantage (dative commodi; (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, as below)), to work for one, aid one, εἰς τί, unto (the accomplishing of) something (Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)): εἰς ἀποστολήν, unto the assumption (or discharge) of the apostolic office; εἰς τά ἔθνη, equivalent to εἰς ἀποστολήν (cf. Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.; Buttmann, § 147, 8) τῶν ἐθνῶν, Galatians 2:8.

2. transitive, to effect: τί, 1 Corinthians 12:11; (Ephesians 1:11); ἐνεργεῖν ἐνέργειαν, Ephesians 1:19f; τί ἐν τίνι, the dative of person, 1 Corinthians 12:6 (Buttmann, 124 (109)); Galatians 3:5; Philippians 2:13.

3. Middle, present ἐνεργοῦμαι; (imperfect ἐνηργουμην); (not found in the O. T. or in secular auth, and in the N. T. used only by Paul and James (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, as below)); it is used only of things (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 6 at the end; (Buttmann, 193 (167))), to display one's activity, show oneself operative: (2 Thessalonians 2:7 (see μυστήριον, 2 at the end)); followed by ἐν with the dative of the thing, where, Romans 7:5; ἐν with the dative of the condition, 2 Corinthians 1:6; ἐν with the dative of person in whose mind a thing shows itself active, 2 Corinthians 4:12; Ephesians 3:20; Colossians 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; followed by διά with the genitive of thing, Galatians 5:6. In James 5:16 ἐνεργουμένη does not have the force of an adjective, but gives the reason why the δέησις of a righteous man has outward success, viz. as due to the fact that it exhibits its activity (works) (inwardly), i. e. is solemn and earnest. (The active (and passive) in Greek writings from Aristotle down.) (On this word cf. (besides Lightfoot on Galatians 2:8; Galatians 5:6) Fritzsche and Vaughan on Romans 7:5; Ellicott on Galatians, 2:8.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐνεργέω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX: Numbers 8:24 B (H5656 H6635), Isaiah 41:4, Proverbs 21:6 (H6466), Proverbs 31:12 (H1580), 1 Esdras 2:20, Wisdom of Solomon 15:11; Wisdom of Solomon 16:17*;]

(for full lexical treatment, v. AR, Eph., 243 ff.);

1. intrans., to be at work or in action, to operate (opp. to ἀργέω ): seq. ἐν , c. dat. pers., Matthew 14:2, Mark 6:14, Ephesians 2:2; c. dat. pers., seq. εἰς (Lft., in l), Galatians 2:8.

2. Trans., to work, effect, do: c. acc rei, 1 Corinthians 12:11, Ephesians 1:11; id, seq. ἐν , c. dat. pers., 1 Corinthians 12:6, Galatians 3:5, Philippians 2:13; ἐ . ἐνέργειαν , Ephesians 1:19-20 Pass. (taken as mid. by Lft., Ga., 204 f.; but v. AR, Eph., l.c.; Milligan, Th., 28 f.; Mayor, Ja., 177 ff.), in NT, "always used of some principle or power at work" (Meyer), to be actuated, set in operation: 2 Thessalonians 2:7; seq. ἐν , Romans 7:5, 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 4:12, Ephesians 3:20, Colossians 1:29, 1 Thessalonians 2:13; seq. διά , c. gen. rei, Galatians 5:6; ἐνεργουμένη (M, Pr., 156), James 5:16 (Cremer, 262).†

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

ἐνεργέω seems always to have the idea of effective working : see s.v. ἐνέργεια, and cf. Robinson Eph. p. 241 ff. The verb has begun in later Greek to be followed by a direct obj. in the acc. (cf. Proleg. p. 65), as in P Oxy XII. 1567 (iv/A.D.) according to the editors’ alternative reading—εἰ Θαεὶς εὗρεν τοῦτο τὸ τετράποδων (l.—δον), ἐνεργήτω (l.—είτω) τοῦτό μοι ἔξω. For the intrans. use see P Giss I. 78.4 (ii/A.D.) καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις καὶ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐνεργήσασα, Vett. Val. p. 226.2 ἐνεργήσει πρὸς τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἢ φαῦλον : cf. Galatians 2:8, where, however, the trans. of Πέτρῳ is uncertain, either ";for Peter"; (RV), or perhaps better ";by Peter"; (Hort Christian Ecclesia, p. 85). On the possibility that in 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ἐνεργεῖται is pass. = ";is set in operation,"; see Milligan Thess. ad l., and for a similar usage of ἐνεργουμένη in James 5:16 see Proleg. p. 156, ExpT xxvi. p. 381 ff. From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 540.14 (B.C. 175–1) ἐνεργῶν τεχνίταις ἱκανοῖς κατὰ τὴν τέχνην, and .108 ποιῶν ὀρθὰ πάντα πρὸς κανόνα διηνεκῆ μὴ ἐλάττω τοῦ ἐνεργουμένου λίθου.

List of Word Forms

ενεργει ενεργεί ἐνεργεῖ ενεργειν ενεργείν ἐνεργεῖν ενεργειται ενεργείται ἐνεργεῖται ενεργησας ενεργήσας ἐνεργήσας ενεργουμενη ενεργουμένη ἐνεργουμένη ενεργουμενην ενεργουμένην ἐνεργουμένην ενεργουμενης ενεργουμένης ἐνεργουμένης ενεργουντος ενεργούντος ἐνεργοῦντος ενεργουσιν ενεργούσιν ἐνεργοῦσιν ενεργων ενεργών ἐνεργῶν ενηργειτο ενηργείτο ἐνηργεῖτο ενήργησε ενηργησεν ενήργησεν ἐνήργησεν energei energeî energein energeîn energeitai energeîtai energeito energeîto enērgeito enērgeîto energesas energēsas energḗsas energesen enērgēsen enḗrgesen enḗrgēsen energon energôn energōn energō̂n energoumene energoumenē energouméne energouménē energoumenen energoumenēn energouménen energouménēn energoumenes energoumenēs energouménes energouménēs energountos energoûntos energousin energoûsin