Érgon — G2041

G2041 · Greek — ἔργον

Pronunciation: er'-gon

Definition

neuter noun

toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act

  1. business, employment, that with which anyone is occupied
  2. any product whatever, anything accomplished by hand, art, industry, mind (equivalent to ποίημα, κτίσμα)
  3. an act, deed, thing done
    1. Br. an d. Gal., p. 194ff)

Usually translated as

work, deed, doing, labour

Origin

from a primary (but obsolete) érgō (to work)

Occurrences

Érgon occurs 175 times in 160 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (5), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (25), Acts (10), Romans (15), 1 Corinthians (7), 2 Corinthians (3), Galatians (6), Ephesians (4), Philippians (2), Colossians (3), 1 Thessalonians (2), 2 Thessalonians (2), 1 Timothy (5), 2 Timothy (6), Titus (7), Hebrews (11), James (12), 1 Peter (2), 2 Peter (2), 1 John (3), 2 John (1), 3 John (1), Jude (1), Revelation (21)

Strong's Lexicon — E