What does ἐργάζομαι · ἀνομία mean in the Bible?
ἐργάζομαι · ἀνομία is a Greek phrase meaning "workers of lawlessness".
Greek · G2038, G458
ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν
To work · lawlessness
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ἐργάζομαι G2038 to work
Pronunciation ergázomai
To work actively toward a result; labor that produces concrete outcomes, whether material or moral.
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ἀνομία G458 lawlessness
Pronunciation anomía
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What does ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν (ergazomenoi tēn anomian) mean in the Bible?
ἐργάζομαι · ἀνομία is a Greek phrase meaning "workers of lawlessness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2038, G458?
G2038, G458 is connected to 41 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. workers of lawlessness
Source Gloss
workers of lawlessness
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 41 Tenses Present, Aorist, Perfect, Imperfect Voices Middle, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 13×
Present Middle Matt 7:23 · 1 Cor 4:12 · 1 Cor 9:13 · 1 Thess 2:9 · 2 Thess 3:8 · 2 Thess 3:12 · Rom 2:10 · Rom 4:4 · Rom 4:5 · Acts 10:35 · Eph 4:28 · 2 Thess 3:11 12×
Perfect Passive John 3:21 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 6×
Present Middle Luke 13:14 · John 9:4 · 1 Cor 9:6 · 1 Thess 4:11 · 2 Thess 3:10 6×
Indicative states a fact or reality 16×
Present Middle John 5:17 · Rom 13:10 · 1 Cor 16:10 · 2 Cor 7:10 · Jas 1:20 · Acts 13:41 · John 6:30 · Jas 2:9 · Rev 18:17 10×
Aorist Middle Matt 25:16 · Matt 26:10 · Mark 14:6 · Heb 11:33 · 2 John 1:8 5×
Imperfect Middle Acts 18:3 1×
Imperative command or strong request 3×
Present Middle John 6:27 · Col 3:23 · Matt 21:28 3×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 3×
Present Middle John 6:28 · Gal 6:10 2×
Aorist Middle 3 John 1:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 40 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 33 aorist 6 imperfect 1
Voice
middle 40
Mood
indicative 16 participle 12 infinitive 6 subjunctive 3 imperative 3
NT Occurrences
Matthew 7:23 ἐργαζόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 21:28 ἐργάζου present middle imperative imperative Matthew 25:16 ἠργάσατο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 26:10 ἠργάσατο aorist middle indicative completed Mark 14:6 ἠργάσατο aorist middle indicative completed Luke 13:14 ἐργάζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive John 5:17 ἐργάζεται present middle indicative ongoing John 5:17 ἐργάζομαι present middle indicative ongoing John 6:27 ἐργάζεσθε present middle imperative imperative John 6:28 ἐργαζώμεθα present middle subjunctive subjunctive John 6:30 ἐργάζῃ present middle indicative ongoing John 9:4 ἐργάζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive John 9:4 ἐργάζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Acts 10:35 ἐργαζόμενος present middle participle participle Acts 13:41 ἐργάζομαι present middle indicative ongoing Acts 18:3 ἠργάζετο imperfect middle indicative background Romans 2:10 ἐργαζομένῳ present middle participle participle Romans 4:4 ἐργαζομένῳ present middle participle participle Romans 4:5 ἐργαζομένῳ present middle participle participle Romans 13:10 ἐργάζεται present middle indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 4:12 ἐργαζόμενοι present middle participle participle 1 Corinthians 9:13 ἐργαζόμενοι present middle participle participle 1 Corinthians 9:6 ἐργάζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive 1 Corinthians 16:10 ἐργάζεται present middle indicative ongoing 2 Corinthians 7:10 ἐργάζεται present middle indicative ongoing Galatians 6:10 ἐργαζώμεθα present middle subjunctive subjunctive Ephesians 4:28 ἐργαζόμενος present middle participle participle Colossians 3:23 ἐργάζεσθε present middle imperative imperative 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ἐργαζόμενοι present middle participle participle 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ἐργάζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ἐργάζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive 2 Thessalonians 3:11 ἐργαζομένους present middle participle participle 2 Thessalonians 3:12 ἐργαζόμενοι present middle participle participle 2 Thessalonians 3:8 ἐργαζόμενοι present middle participle participle Hebrews 11:33 εἰργάσαντο aorist middle indicative completed James 1:20 ἐργάζεται present middle indicative ongoing James 2:9 ἐργάζεσθε present middle indicative ongoing 2 John 1:8 εἰργασάμεθα aorist middle indicative completed 3 John 1:5 ἐργάσῃ aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 18:17 ἐργάζονται present middle indicative ongoing
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
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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