G2039

ἐργασία

ergasiaG:N-F

work

ἐργασία, -ας, ἡ (ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc. ;] __1. work, business: Act.16:16, 19 19:24-25; δὸς ἐ. (Lat. da operam), Luk.12:58. __2. working, performance: Eph.4:19.† (AS)

The KJV translates G2039 in the following manner:

gain (4x), craft (2x), diligence (2x), gains (2x), work (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐργασία — ergasía

ἐργασία, ἐργασίας, ἡ, (ἐργάζομαι;

1. equivalent to τό ἐργάζεσθαι, a working, performing: ἀκαθαρσίας, Eph 4:19.

2. work, business: Act 19:25 (Xenophon, oec. 6, 8, et al.).

3. gain got by work, profit: Act 16:19; παρέχειν ἐργασίαν τίνι, Act 16:16; Act 19:24 (yet others refer this to 2 above); (Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 1; cyneg. 3, 3; Polybius 4, 50, 3).

4. endeavor, pains (A. V. diligence): δίδωμι ἐργασίαν, after the Latinismoperam do, Luk 12:58 (Hermog. de invent. 3, 5, 7).

6 occurrences

Luke (1), Acts (4), Ephesians (1)