2001 Translation

ERGŌ, ergō

Sounds Like: ER-goh

Translations: to work, to do, to perform, to labor, to accomplish, to trade

From the root: ἘΡΓΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This verb means to work, to do, or to perform an action. It can refer to physical labor, mental effort, or the execution of a task. It is often used to describe the act of engaging in an activity or bringing something about. For example, one might 'work' a field, 'do' a deed, or 'perform' a miracle.

Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Active Indicative; or Imperative, Present Active, Second Person Singular

Strong’s number: G2038 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:168

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:33, 9:18, 10:7

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 2:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 8:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:42

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 13:284
• Book 3 — 8:202, 14:306
• Book 4 — 2:20, 6:152
• Book 5 — 1:13, 3:184, 8:289
• Book 6 — 10:198
• Book 8 — 8:221
• Book 9 — 7:148, 13:262
• Book 14 — 9:181
• Book 15 — 8:281
• Book 16 — 4:99
• Book 17 — 9:220, 9:230
• Book 18 — 1:7, 8:260, 8:286
• Book 19 — 1:101, 1:156, 4:246

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 16:3
• Book Four — 4:45
• Book Five — 5:8
• Book Six — 4:48

Justin Martyr

• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:3
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 51:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 27:4, 31:3, 35:33
• Deuteronomy — 2:7, 16:15, 30:9
• Joshua — 4:24
• 1 Chronicles — 22:15
• 2 Chronicles — 31:21
• Nehemiah — 5:16
• Sirach — 3:8, 11:20, 35:23, 38:29, 38:31, 45:11, 47:8, 49:1
• Isaiah — 58:13

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 24:19
• Romans — 13:3, 15:18
• 1 Corinthians — 15:58
• 2 Corinthians — 10:11
• Colossians — 1:10, 3:17
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:17
• 1 Timothy — 5:10
• 1 John — 3:18

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΓΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕἸΡΓΟΙΝΤΟ — to be shut in, to be confined, to be hindered, to be prevented
• ΕἸΡΓΩΝ — restraining, hindering, preventing, shutting in, shutting out, keeping back

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