work, ergon, G2041

by Krisan Marotta | Jan 16, 2026 | Word Study - Greek

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Strong’s number: G2041

Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #2041 – ἔργον

Greek Word: ἔργον

Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter

Transliteration: ergon

Phonetic Spelling: ER-gon

Quick Definition: work

Usage: deed, doing, labor, work.

Etymology: From a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act — deed, doing, labour, work.

NASB Translation: action (1), behavior (1), deed (13), deeds (52), doing (1), effectual (1), labor (1), result (1), task (1), what…done (1), work (34), works (62).

New Testament usage

Ergon – 169x om 158v – action(1), behavior(1), deed(13), deeds(52), doing(1), effectual(1), labor(1), result(1), task(1), what…done(1), work(34), works(62)

Mat_5:16; Mat_11:2; Mat_11:19; Mat_23:3; Mat_23:5; Mat_26:10; Mar_13:34; Mar_14:6;

Luk_11:48; Luk_24:19;

Joh_3:19; Joh_3:20; Joh_3:21; Joh_4:34; Joh_5:20; Joh_5:36; Joh_6:28; Joh_6:29; Joh_7:3; Joh_7:7; Joh_7:21; Joh_8:39; Joh_8:41; Joh_9:3; Joh_9:4; Joh_10:25; Joh_10:32; Joh_10:33; Joh_10:37; Joh_10:38; Joh_14:10; Joh_14:11; Joh_14:12; Joh_15:24; Joh_17:4;

Act_5:38; Act_7:22; Act_7:41; Act_9:36; Act_13:2; Act_13:41; Act_14:26; Act_15:38; Act_26:20;

Rom_2:6; Rom_2:7; Rom_2:15; Rom_3:20; Rom_3:27; Rom_3:28; Rom_4:2; Rom_4:6; Rom_9:11; Rom_9:32; Rom_11:6; Rom_13:3; Rom_13:12; Rom_14:20; Rom_15:18;

1Co_3:13; 1Co_3:14; 1Co_3:15; 1Co_5:2; 1Co_9:1; 1Co_15:58; 1Co_16:10; 2Co_9:8; 2Co_10:11; 2Co_11:15;

Gal_2:16; Gal_3:2; Gal_3:5; Gal_3:10; Gal_5:19; Gal_6:4;

Eph_2:9; Eph_2:10; Eph_4:12; Eph_5:11;

Php_1:6; Php_1:22; Php_2:30;

Col_1:10; Col_1:21; Col_3:17;

1Th_1:3; 1Th_5:13; 2Th_1:11; 2Th_2:17;

1Ti_2:10; 1Ti_3:1; 1Ti_5:10; 1Ti_5:25; 1Ti_6:18; 2Ti_1:9; 2Ti_2:21; 2Ti_3:17; 2Ti_4:5; 2Ti_4:14; 2Ti_4:18;

Tit_1:16; Tit_2:7; Tit_2:14; Tit_3:1; Tit_3:5; Tit_3:8; Tit_3:14;

Heb_1:10; Heb_2:7; Heb_3:9; Heb_4:3; Heb_4:4; Heb_4:10; Heb_6:1; Heb_6:10; Heb_9:14; Heb_10:24;

Jas_1:4; Jas_1:25; Jas_2:14; Jas_2:17; Jas_2:18; Jas_2:20; Jas_2:21; Jas_2:22; Jas_2:24; Jas_2:25; Jas_2:26; Jas_3:13;

1Pe_1:17; 1Pe_2:12; 2Pe_2:8; 2Pe_3:10;

1Jn_3:8; 1Jn_3:12; 1Jn_3:18; 2Jn_1:11; 3Jn_1:10;

Jud_1:15;

Rev_2:2; Rev_2:5; Rev_2:6; Rev_2:19; Rev_2:22; Rev_2:23; Rev_2:26; Rev_3:1; Rev_3:2; Rev_3:8; Rev_3:15; Rev_9:20; Rev_14:13; Rev_15:3; Rev_16:11; Rev_18:6; Rev_20:12; Rev_20:13; Rev_22:12.

Septuagint 421 times in 386 verses

Gen_2:2; Gen_2:3; Gen_3:17; Gen_5:29; Gen_8:21; Gen_20:9; Gen_39:11; Gen_40:17; Gen_46:33; Gen_47:3;

Exo_1:11; Exo_1:14; Exo_2:23; Exo_5:4; Exo_5:5; Exo_5:9; Exo_5:13; Exo_6:9; Exo_12:16; Exo_18:20; Exo_20:9; Exo_20:10; Exo_23:12; Exo_23:16; Exo_23:24; Exo_24:10; Exo_26:31; Exo_26:36; Exo_27:4; Exo_28:6; Exo_28:11; Exo_28:14; Exo_28:15; Exo_28:22; Exo_28:32; Exo_28:39; Exo_30:35; Exo_31:3; Exo_31:5; Exo_31:14; Exo_31:15; Exo_32:16; Exo_34:10; Exo_35:2; Exo_35:21; Exo_35:24; Exo_35:29; Exo_35:32; Exo_35:33; Exo_35:35; Exo_36:1; Exo_36:2; Exo_36:3; Exo_36:4; Exo_36:5; Exo_36:7; Exo_36:10; Exo_36:12; Exo_36:15; Exo_36:22; Exo_36:29; Exo_36:34; Exo_36:36; Exo_37:3; Exo_37:5; Exo_37:16; Exo_38:24; Exo_38:25; Exo_39:1; Exo_39:21; Exo_39:23; Exo_40:33;

Lev_7:24; Lev_11:32; Lev_16:29; Lev_23:3; Lev_23:7; Lev_23:8; Lev_23:21; Lev_23:25; Lev_23:28; Lev_23:30; Lev_23:31; Lev_23:35; Lev_23:36;

Num_3:7; Num_3:8; Num_3:26; Num_3:31; Num_3:36; Num_4:3; Num_4:4; Num_4:16; Num_4:23; Num_4:30; Num_4:31; Num_4:33; Num_4:39; Num_4:43; Num_4:47; Num_4:49; Num_7:5; Num_8:11; Num_8:15; Num_8:19; Num_8:26; Num_16:28; Num_28:18; Num_28:25; Num_28:26; Num_29:1; Num_29:7; Num_29:12; Num_29:35;

Deu_2:7; Deu_4:28; Deu_5:13; Deu_5:14; Deu_11:7; Deu_14:29; Deu_15:10; Deu_16:8; Deu_16:15; Deu_23:21; Deu_24:19; Deu_26:6; Deu_27:15; Deu_28:12; Deu_30:9; Deu_31:29; Deu_32:4; Deu_33:11; J

os_24:29; Jdg_2:7; Jdg_2:10; Jdg_13:12; Jdg_16:11; Jdg_19:16;

1Sa_8:16; 1Sa_14:47; 1Sa_15:9; 2Sa_23:20;

1Ki_5:30; 1Ki_7:2; 1Ki_7:6; 1Ki_7:8; 1Ki_7:12; 1Ki_7:15; 1Ki_7:16; 1Ki_7:19; 1Ki_7:26; 1Ki_7:31; 1Ki_7:32; 1Ki_7:37; 1Ki_7:45; 1Ki_11:28; 1Ki_13:11; 1Ki_16:7; 1Ki_18:36; 2Ki_12:12; 2Ki_12:15; 2Ki_12:16; 2Ki_19:18; 2Ki_22:5; 2Ki_22:9; 2Ki_22:17; 2Ki_23:19;

1Ch_9:19; 1Ch_9:31; 1Ch_9:33; 1Ch_11:22; 1Ch_22:15; 1Ch_23:4; 1Ch_23:24; 1Ch_23:28; 1Ch_25:1; 1Ch_29:1; 1Ch_29:6; 1Ch_29:7; 2Ch_3:10; 2Ch_4:6; 2Ch_16:5; 2Ch_17:4; 2Ch_17:13; 2Ch_20:37; 2Ch_23:18; 2Ch_24:12; 2Ch_24:13; 2Ch_29:34; 2Ch_29:35; 2Ch_31:21; 2Ch_32:19; 2Ch_32:30; 2Ch_34:10; 2Ch_34:12; 2Ch_34:13; 2Ch_34:16; 2Ch_34:25; 2Ch_35:2;

Ezr_2:69; Ezr_3:8; Ezr_3:9; Ezr_4:24; Ezr_5:8; Ezr_6:7; Ezr_6:22; Ezr_10:13;

Neh_2:16; Neh_4:5; Neh_4:9; Neh_4:10; Neh_4:11; Neh_4:13; Neh_4:15; Neh_4:16; Neh_5:16; Neh_6:3; Neh_6:9; Neh_6:16; Neh_7:70; Neh_7:71; Neh_10:34; Neh_11:12; Neh_11:22; Neh_13:10; Neh_13:30;

Job_1:3; Job_1:10; Job_4:17; Job_10:3; Job_11:4; Job_11:11; Job_13:27; Job_14:15; Job_21:16; Job_22:3; Job_24:14; Job_34:21; Job_34:25; Job_36:3; Job_36:9; Job_36:23; Job_36:24; Job_37:12; Job_37:15; Job_39:11;

Psa_8:4; Psa_8:7; Psa_9:17; Psa_16:4; Psa_27:4; Psa_27:5; Psa_32:4; Psa_32:15; Psa_43:2; Psa_44:2; Psa_45:9; Psa_61:13; Psa_63:10; Psa_65:3; Psa_65:5; Psa_76:12; Psa_76:13; Psa_77:7; Psa_85:8; Psa_89:16; Psa_89:17; Psa_91:5; Psa_91:6; Psa_94:9; Psa_101:26; Psa_102:22; Psa_103:13; Psa_103:23; Psa_103:24; Psa_103:31; Psa_104:1; Psa_105:13; Psa_105:35; Psa_105:39; Psa_106:22; Psa_106:24; Psa_108:20; Psa_110:2; Psa_110:3; Psa_110:6; Psa_110:7; Psa_113:12; Psa_117:17; Psa_134:15; Psa_137:8; Psa_138:14; Psa_142:5; Psa_144:4; Psa_144:9; Psa_144:10; Psa_144:13; Psa_144:17; Pro_8:22;

Pro_10:16; Pro_11:18; Pro_13:19; Pro_16:2; Pro_16:9; Pro_16:11; Pro_18:9; Pro_20:6; Pro_20:12; Pro_21:8; Pro_22:8; Pro_22:29; Pro_24:12; Pro_24:27; Pro_31:15; Pro_31:17;

Son_7:2; Isa_2:8;

Isa_3:10; Isa_3:11; Isa_3:24; Isa_5:12; Isa_17:8; Isa_19:14; Isa_19:15; Isa_28:21; Isa_29:15; Isa_29:23; Isa_32:17; Isa_37:19; Isa_40:10; Isa_45:11; Isa_54:16; Isa_58:13; Isa_59:6; Isa_60:21; Isa_62:11; Isa_64:3; Isa_64:7; Isa_65:7; Isa_65:22; Isa_66:18; Jer_1:16;

Jer_7:13; Jer_10:3; Jer_10:9; Jer_10:15; Jer_14:4; Jer_17:22; Jer_17:24; Jer_18:3; Jer_25:6; Jer_27:25; Jer_27:29; Jer_28:10; Jer_28:18; Jer_31:10; Jer_31:30; Jer_33:13; Jer_38:16; Jer_39:19; Jer_51:8; Lam_3:64; Lam_4:2;

Eze_1:16; Eze_16:30; Eze_23:43; Eze_44:14;

Dan_2:49; Dan_3:12; Dan_4:37; Dan_8:27;

Hos_13:2; Hos_14:4; Joe_2:11; Joe_2:20; Amo_8:7; Jon_3:10; Mic_5:12; Mic_6:16; Nah_2:14; Hab_1:5; Hab_3:2; Hab_3:17; Hag_1:14; Hag_2:14; Hag_2:17.

Englishman’s Concordance: ἔργον (ergon)

Lexicons

Thayer’s G2041: business, employment, that which any one is occupied; that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking; any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind; an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which is less than work

Strong’s G2041: From ἔργω ergō (a primary but obsolete word; to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act: – deed, doing, labour, work.

Mounce G2041: work, deed, activity, task, job

Hebrew Equivalent Word: Strong #: 734 ‑ אֹרַח(o’‑rakh); 1576 ‑ גְּמוּל(ghem‑ool’); 1697 ‑ דָּבָר(daw‑bawr’); 1870 ‑ דֶּרֶךְ(deh’‑rek); 2706 ‑ חֹק(khoke); 3018 ‑ יְגִיעַ(yeg‑ee’‑ah); 3627 ‑ כְּלִי(kel‑ee’); 3948 ‑ לֶקַח(leh’‑kakh); 4193 ‑ מוֹת(mohth); 4390 ‑ מָלָא(maw‑lay’, maw‑law’); 4399 ‑ מְלָאכָה(mel‑aw‑kaw’); 4522 ‑ מִס(mas, mees); 4853 ‑ מַשָּׂא(mas‑saw’); 4916 ‑ מִשְׁלָח((1,2) mish‑lo’‑akh, mish‑lawkh’); 5450 ‑ סִבְלוֹת(seb‑aw‑law’); 5647 ‑ עָבַד(aw‑bad’); 5647 ‑ עָבַד(aw‑bad’); 5656 ‑ עֲבוֹדָה(ab‑o‑daw’, ab‑o‑daw’); 5656 ‑ עֲבוֹדָה(ab‑o‑daw’, ab‑o‑daw’); 5949 ‑ עֲלִלָה(al‑ee‑law’, al‑ee‑law’); 6098 ‑ עֵצָה(ay‑tsaw’); 6213 ‑ עָשָׂה(aw‑saw’); 6466 ‑ פָּעַל(paw‑al’); 6467 ‑ פֹּעַל(po’‑al); 6486 ‑ פְּקֻדָּה(pek‑ood‑daw’); 7200 ‑ רָאָה(raw‑aw’); 8441 ‑ תּוֹעֵבָה(to‑ay‑baw’, to‑ay‑baw’); 8457 ‑ תַּזְנֻת(taz‑nooth’, taz‑nooth’);