What does ἔργον · θεός mean in the Bible?
ἔργον · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "work of God; what God is building or doing".
Greek · G2041, G2316
ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ
Toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act · God
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ἔργον G2041 toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
Pronunciation érgon
Work as visible deed or accomplishment, whether human action or divine work, emphasizing observable result over mere intention.
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ (ergon tou theou) mean in the Bible?
ἔργον · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "work of God; what God is building or doing".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2041, G2316?
G2041, G2316 is connected to 169 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. work of God; what God is building or doing
Source Gloss
work of God; what God is building or doing
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 169 Case pattern Accusative (74) Number pattern Plural (113)
Nominative · Plural · Neuter John 3:19 · John 3:20 · John 3:21 · John 5:36 · John 7:7 · John 9:3 · John 10:25 · Gal 5:19 · 1 Tim 5:25 · Heb 1:10 · 2 Pet 3:10 · 1 John 3:12 · Rev 14:13 · Rev 15:3 15×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 6:29 · Acts 5:38 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 1 Cor 3:14 · 1 Cor 3:15 · 1 Cor 9:1 · Rev 22:12 7×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 11:19 · Acts 9:36 · Rom 3:20 · Rom 3:27 · Rom 3:28 · Rom 4:2 · Rom 4:6 · Rom 9:12 · Rom 9:32 · Rom 11:6 · Gal 2:16 · Gal 3:2 · Gal 3:5 · Gal 3:10 · Eph 2:9 · 1 Tim 2:10 42×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter John 10:33 · Rom 2:7 · Phil 1:22 · 1 Thess 1:3 · 1 Tim 3:1 · 2 Tim 4:18 · Heb 6:10 · Jas 1:25 8×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Luke 11:48 · John 10:38 · Acts 7:22 · Acts 7:41 · Eph 2:10 · Eph 5:11 · Col 1:21 · 1 Tim 5:10 · 1 Tim 6:18 · Titus 1:16 · Jas 2:22 · 2 Pet 2:8 · 2 John 1:11 13×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Luke 24:19 · Rom 13:3 · Rom 15:18 · 1 Cor 15:58 · 2 Cor 10:11 · Col 1:10 · Col 3:17 · 2 Thess 2:17 · 1 Tim 5:10 · 1 John 3:18 10×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 5:16 · Matt 11:2 · Matt 23:3 · Matt 23:5 · John 5:20 · John 6:28 · John 7:3 · John 8:39 · John 8:41 · John 9:4 · John 10:32 · John 10:37 · John 14:10 · John 14:11 · John 14:12 · John 15:24 43×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:10 · Mark 13:34 · Mark 14:6 · John 4:34 · John 7:21 · John 10:32 · John 17:4 · Acts 13:2 · Acts 13:41 · Acts 14:26 · Acts 15:38 · Rom 2:15 · Rom 14:20 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 1 Cor 5:2 · 1 Cor 16:10 31×
Word Origins
ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ is from an obsolete root - no further derivation.
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