What does ἐνεργής (energḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐνεργής (energḗs): Describes power actively at work and producing real effects, not merely potential or passive presence
Greek · G1756
ἐνεργής
Active, operative
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ἐνεργής G1756
Pronunciation energḗs
What does ἐνεργής (energḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἐνεργής (energḗs): Describes power actively at work and producing real effects, not merely potential or passive presence
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1756?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include active (1), effective (1), effective [work] (1).
Where does ἐνεργής (energḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 16:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Philemon (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It active 1× Hebrews 4:12
effective 1× Philemon 1:6
effective [work] 1× 1 Corinthians 16:9
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Usage map
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 16:9
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
1 Corinthians 1 Philemon 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἐνεργὴς 2x energēs Philemon 1:6, Hebrews 4:12
ἐνεργής 1x energēs 1 Corinthians 16:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x 1 Corinthians 16:9, Philemon 1:6
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Describes power actively at work and producing real effects, not merely potential or passive presence
Strong's G1756
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 16:9 Source Gloss
active, operative
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 16:9 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐνεργής, energhv
effective
Read verse Philemon 1:6 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐνεργὴς energhv
effective
Read verse Hebrews 4:12 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐνεργής, energhv
effective
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 16:9 · Phlm 1:6 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 4:12 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Door opened for effective gospel work despite opposition
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain