Berean BlueOpen the app

ergon G2041

ἔργον (ergon) means “work” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἔργον Greek · G2041 169 tagged occurrences in 157 verses

Pronunciation guide: er'-gon Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2041

ἔργον · ergon · work

ἔργον, -ου, τό (originally Ϝέργον, work), [very frequently in LXX, chiefly for מַשֶׂה, מְלָאכָה, also for עֲבֹדָה, פֹּעַל, etc. ;] 1. work, task, employment: Mrk.13:34, Jhn.4:34 17:4, Act.13:2, Php.1:22 2:30, 1Th.5:13, al.; of an enterprise or undertaking (Deu.15:10, Wis.2:12), Act.5:38. 2. a deed, action: Tit.1:16, Jas.1:25 . listing, from λόγος, Luk.24:19, Rom.15:18, 2Th.2:17, 1Jn.3:18; ἐν λόγοις κ. ἔ., Act.7:22; of acts of God, Jhn.9:3, Act.13:41" (LXX), Heb.4:10, Rev.15:3; of Christ, Mat.11:2; esp. in Jo, e.g. 5:20, 36 7:3 10:38 14:11, 12 15:24; in ethical sense, of human actions (AR, Eph., 190), bad or good, Mat.23:3, Luk.11:48, Jhn.3:20, 21 Jas.2:14ff. 3:13, Rev.2:5 3:8; τὸ ἔ., collectively, Gal.6:4, Jas.1:4, 1Pe.1:17, Rev.22:12; τὸ ἔ. τ. νόμου, Rom.2:15; ἔ. ἀγαθόν, Rom.2:7, Col.1:10, 2Th.2:17, Tit.1:16, al.; καλόν, Mat.26:10, Mrk.14:6; pl. (as frequently in cl.), Mat.5:16, 1Ti.5:10, 25 Heb.10:24; ἔ. πίστεως, 1Th.1:3, 2Th.1:11; ἔ. πονηρά, Col.1:21, 2Jo.11; νέκρα, Heb.6:1 9:14; ἄκαρπα, Eph.5:11; ἔ. ἀσεβείας, Ju 15; τ. σκότους, Rom.13:12, Eph.5:11; ἔ. νόμου, Rom.3:20, 28 Gal.2:16 3:2, 5 10. 3. that which is wrought or made, a work: 1Co.3:13-15; τ. χειρῶν, Act.7:41; of the works of God, Heb.1:10; γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔ., 2Pe.3:10; τὸ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.14:20. (AS)

STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Dodson Greek Lexicon

work, task, employment; a deed, action; that which is wrought or made, a work.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G2041

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
works 49
deeds 41
work 28
deed 6
action 4
actions 4
has done 3
vvv 3
task 2
the work 2
workmanship 2
a work 1
act 1
acts 1
an effective 1
conduct 1
deeds done 1
deeds you did 1
do 1
endeavor 1
he did 1
her actions 1
his deeds 1
in action 1
in doing 1
in our actions 1
its work 1
labor 1
miracle 1
of works 1
practice 1
that 1
what he did 1
works themselves 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
works 71
work 31
the works 29
the work 13
deeds 11
the deeds 5
a 3
deed 3
a work 2
in deed 2
of 2
to 2
doing 1
in works 1
labour 1
of the work 1
of works 1
the 1
the very works 1
with 1

Verses containing G2041

Page 4 of 4. 157 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Revelation 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

    Read word by word
  2. Revelation 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

    Read word by word
  3. Revelation 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.

    Read word by word
  4. Revelation 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

    Read word by word
  5. Revelation 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

    Read word by word
  6. Revelation 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

    Read word by word
  7. Revelation 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

    Read word by word

Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

Open in Berean Blue