ἘΡΓΟΙΣΤΩ, ἐργοιστω
ERGOISTŌ, ergoistō
Sounds Like: ER-goys-toh
Translations: It's not clear what this word means. It could be garbled or badly misspelled.
From the root: ΕΡΓΟΝ, ΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Unknown
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or garbled form of a Koine Greek word. The ending '-οιστω' is not a standard inflectional ending for nouns, verbs, or adjectives in Koine Greek. It might be a corruption of 'ἔργοις' (ergois), the dative plural of 'ἔργον' (ergon, meaning 'work' or 'deed'), possibly combined with 'λόγῳ' (logō, meaning 'word' or 'reason') as seen in the example. If it were 'ἔργοις', it would mean 'to/for works' or 'by means of works'. Given the context 'ἘΡΓΟΙΣΤΩ ΛΟΓΩ', it's highly probable that 'ἘΡΓΟΙΣΤΩ' is a corruption of 'ἔργῳ' (ergō, dative singular of 'ἔργον') or 'ἔργοις' (ergois, dative plural of 'ἔργον'), and 'λόγῳ' (logō, dative singular of 'λόγος'). The phrase 'ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ' (ergō kai logō) meaning 'in deed and in word' is a common idiom. Therefore, 'ἘΡΓΟΙΣΤΩ ΛΟΓΩ' is likely a corrupted form of 'ἔργῳ λόγῳ' or 'ἔργοις λόγοις', meaning 'by deed and word' or 'by deeds and words'.
Inflection: Unknown, likely a misspelling of a dative form.
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:12
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΕΡΓΟΝ, ΛΟΓΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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