What does ἐργασία (ergasía) mean in the Bible?
ἐργασία (ergasía): Work undertaken for profit or practical gain; labor as gainful occupation or trade activity.
Greek · G2039
ἐργασία
Occupation; by implication, profit, pains
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ἐργασίαG2039
Pronunciationergasía
What does ἐργασία (ergasía) mean in the Bible?
ἐργασία (ergasía): Work undertaken for profit or practical gain; labor as gainful occupation or trade activity.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2039?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include business (2), [the] practice (1), every effort (1), income (1), making money (1).
Where does ἐργασία (ergasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:58. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), Ephesians (1), Luke (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 Itbusiness2×Acts 19:24, Acts 19:25
[the] practice1×Ephesians 4:19
every effort1×Luke 12:58
income1×Acts 16:16
making money1×Acts 16:19
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 12:58ἐργασίανtoevery effortNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 16:16ἐργασίανtoincomeNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 16:19ἐργασίαςtomaking moneyNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularActs 19:24ἐργασίανtobusinessNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 19:25ἐργασίαςtobusinessNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularEphesians 4:19ἐργασίανto[the] practiceNoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 12:58
Aligned rows6
Books represented3
Luke1Acts4Ephesians1
Source forms
ἐργασίαν4xergasianLuke 12:58, Acts 16:16, Acts 19:24, Ephesians 4:19
ἐργασίας2xergasiasActs 16:19, Acts 19:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular4xLuke 12:58, Acts 16:16, Acts 19:24, Ephesians 4:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xActs 16:19, Acts 19:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Work undertaken for profit or practical gain; labor as gainful occupation or trade activity.
Strong'sG2039
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms2 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 12:58Source Gloss
occupation; by implication, profit, pains
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Work undertaken for profit or practical gain; labor as gainful occupation or trade activity.
(ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc. ;]
2working, performance: Eph.4:19.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:58Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐργασίανergasian
working, activity, trade, performance
Read verseActs 16:16Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐργασίανergasian
working, activity, trade, performance
Read verseActs 16:19Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐργασίαςergasiav
working, activity, trade, performance
Read verseActs 19:24Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐργασίανergasian
working, activity, trade, performance
Read verseActs 19:25Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐργασίαςergasiav
working, activity, trade, performance
Read verseEphesians 4:19Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐργασίανergasian
working, activity, trade, performance
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 patterns2Aligned forms6Case patternAccusative (4)Number patternSingular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 16:19 · Acts 19:252×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineLuke 12:58 · Acts 16:16 · Acts 19:24 · Eph 4:194×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
diligent effort or pains taken in a matter, exhortation to make effort
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐργασία is built from this root:
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