For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ἔργον
Vocabulary form:
e[rgon, -ou, tov
Definition:
work, deed, action
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
169
GK:
2240
Root:
ejrgo
Cognates:
Ergonomics is the science that coordinates the design of machines to the requirements of the worker to aid in the work.
Mnemonic Singing:
Alike at work and prayer,
to Jesus I repair,
may Jesus Christ be praised.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 5:16 | Let your light shine like that before others, so that they may see your good works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” |
| Matthew 11:2 | Now when John heard in prison about the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) of the Messiah, he sent word through his disciples, |
| Matthew 11:19 | The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she does.” (ergōn | ἔργων | gen pl neut) |
| Matthew 23:3 | Therefore put into practice and continue to do whatever they tell you; but do not imitate what they do (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut), for they teach but do not practice. |
| Matthew 23:5 | They do all their deeds (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) to be seen by others: they make their phylacteries broad and their tassels long, |
| Matthew 26:10 | But aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing trouble for the woman? For she has done a kind thing (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) to me. |
| Mark 13:34 | It is like a man going on a journey. He left his home and gave authority to his servants, to each one his work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut), and he ordered the doorkeeper to stay alert. |
| Mark 14:6 | But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you causing her trouble? She has done a beautiful thing (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) to me. |
| Luke 11:48 | So you are witnesses: you approve of the deeds (ergois | ἔργοις | dat pl neut) of your fathers, because while they killed them, you build the memorials. |
| Luke 24:19 | And he said to them, “What things?” They answered him, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed (ergō | ἔργῳ | dat sg neut) and word before God and all the people, |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) are evil. |
| John 3:20 | For everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that his deeds (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) will be exposed. |
| John 3:21 | But the one who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” |
| John 4:34 | Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish the work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) he gave me to do. |
| John 5:20 | For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him greater works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) than these, and you will be amazed. |
| John 5:36 | But I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) that the Father has given me to complete, the very works (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. |
| John 6:28 | Therefore they said to him, “What must we do to carry out the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) God requires?” |
| John 6:29 | Jesus answered, saying to them, “This is the work (ergon | ἔργον | nom sg neut) that God requires, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
| John 7:3 | So his brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may observe the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) you are doing. |
| John 7:7 | The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I am bearing witness against it that its works (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) are evil. |
| John 7:21 | Jesus answered, saying to them, “I performed one work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut), and you are all astonished. |
| John 8:39 | They answered him, saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) of Abraham. |
| John 8:41 | You are doing the deeds (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) of your father.” They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.” |
| John 9:3 | Jesus answered, “It is not that this man sinned, or his parents; but it happened so that the works (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) of God might be displayed in him. |
| John 9:4 | We must do the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. |
| John 10:25 | Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, yet you do not believe. The works (erga | ἔργα | nom pl neut) that I am doing in my Father’s name speak on my behalf. |
| John 10:32 | Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many noble works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) from the Father; for which one (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) of them do you intend to stone me?” |
| John 10:33 | The Jews answered him, “It is not for a noble work (ergou | ἔργου | gen sg neut) that we intend to stone you but for blasphemy; it is because you, a mere man, are making yourself God.” |
| John 10:37 | If I am not doing the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) of my Father, then do not believe me; |
| John 10:38 | but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works (ergois | ἔργοις | dat pl neut), that you may come to know and be certain that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.” |
| John 14:10 | Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father residing in me is doing his works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut). |
| John 14:11 | Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe me because of the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) themselves. |
| John 14:12 | I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) that I do; in fact, greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. |
| John 15:24 | If I had not done among them the works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) that no one else had done, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen the works and have hated both me and my Father. |
| John 17:4 | I glorified you on earth, having completed the task (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) that you gave me to do; |
| Acts 5:38 | So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and leave them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking (ergon | ἔργον | nom sg neut) be of men, it will fail; |
| Acts 7:22 | So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds (ergois | ἔργοις | dat pl neut). |
| Acts 7:41 | And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol and began rejoicing in the works (ergois | ἔργοις | dat pl neut) of their hands. |
| Acts 9:36 | Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which when translated means Dorcas. She was full of good works (ergōn | ἔργων | gen pl neut) and acts of charity, which she was always doing. |
| Acts 13:2 | While they were performing their service to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) to which I have called them.” |
| Acts 13:41 | ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) in your days, a work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) you will not believe, even though someone should tell you in detail.’” |
| Acts 14:26 | and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) that they had fulfilled. |
| Acts 15:38 | But Paul did not think it wise to take with them this one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut). |
| Acts 26:20 | but I declared to those in Damascus first, then also to those in Jerusalem and through all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing works (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) worthy of repentance. |
| Romans 2:6 | who will give to each person according to what he has done: (erga | ἔργα | acc pl neut) |
| Romans 2:7 | to those who by patiently doing good works (ergou | ἔργου | gen sg neut) seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; |
| Romans 2:15 | They show that the work (ergon | ἔργον | acc sg neut) of the law is written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their conflicting thoughts accusing or else defending them, |
| Romans 3:20 | So by the works (ergōn | ἔργων | gen pl neut) of the law no flesh will be justified before him, because through the law comes the knowledge of sin. |
| Romans 3:27 | Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works (ergōn | ἔργων | gen pl neut)? No, but by the law of faith. |
| Romans 3:28 | For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from the works (ergōn | ἔργων | gen pl neut) of the law. |
Mnemonics
Aragorn does good work.
Aragorn does good work.
This ERGONomic chair WORKs
This ERGONomic chair WORKs great and keeps my back in ACTION.