Lexical Definition

‎ἐργάζομαι‎ ergázomai (er-gad'-zom-ahee) to work ^G:V
middle voice from ‎ἔργον‎

commit, do, labor for, minister about, trade (by), work.

• to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc.

Abbott-Smith

ἐργάζομαι (< ἔργον), [in LXX for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc. ;]
1. intrans.,
(a) to work, labour: Mt 21:28, Lk 13:14, Jo 5:17 9:4b, Ac 18:3, I Co 9:6, II Th 3:10-12; τ. χερσίν, I Co 4:12, I Th 4:11; νυκτὸς κ. ἡαέρας, I Th 2:9, II Th 3:8; of working for pay, Mt 21:28; for reward, Ro 4:4, 5;
(b) to work at a trade or business, to trade: seq. ἐν (Dem.), Mt 25:16.
2. Trans.,
(a) to work, work out, do, produce, perform: c. acc, II Co 7:10, Col 3:23, II Th 3:11, Ja 1:20, II Jo 8, seq. εἰς, III Jo 5; ἔργον, Ac 13:41 (LXX); id. seq. εἰς, Mt 26:10; ἐν, Mk 14:6; ἔργα, Jo 3:21; τὰ ἔ. τ. θεοῦ, Jo 6:28 9:4; τὸ ἔ. κυρίου, I Co 16:10; τ. ἀγαθόν, Ro 2:10, Eph 4:28 (v. AR, Eph.) 190); id. seq. πρός, Ga 6:10; κακόν, seq. dat. pers. (more freq. dupl. acc, in cl.), Ro 13:10; δικαιοσύνην, Ac 10:35, He 11:33; ἀνομίαν, Mt 7:23; ἁμαρτίαν, Ja 2:9; σημεῖον, Jo 6:30; τ. ἱερά, I Co 9:13; τ. θάλασσαν (work the sea, i.e. make one's living from it), Re 18:17;
(b) to work for, earn by working (cl.): Jo 6:27 (cf. κατ-, περι-, προσ-εργάζομαι; Cremer, 258; on the force of the aorist of this verb, v. M, Pr., 116).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐργάζομαι,

[Refs 8th c.BC+], etc., Cretan dialect ϝεργάδδομαι [Refs]: future -άσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc., Doric dialect [LXX+3rd c.BC+]: aorist εἰργασάμην, Ionic dialect [Refs 6th c.BC+]: perfect εἴργασμαι, Ionic dialect[Refs 5th c.BC+] —These tenses are used both in middle and passive significations: for other passive tenses, see below[Refs 4th c.BC+]; but this rule is often broken in later Papyrus, Inscrr., and codices:—work, labour, especially of husbandry, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of quarrymen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of birds working to get food, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of bees, [Refs]; of Hephaestus' self-acting bellows, [Refs 8th c.BC+] the matter works, i.e. goes on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἀὴρ ἐργάζεται produces an effect [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργάσεται τὸ θερμόν [Refs]

__II transitive, work at, make, ἔργα κλυτά, of Athena, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰκόνας, ἀνδριάντας, καλὰ ἔργα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make so and so, [Refs 2nd c.AD+].
__II.2 do, perform, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔργον ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ ἐ., of husbandmen, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. πρᾶγμα, opposed to βουλεύειν, [NT+5th c.BC+]: with double accusative, do something to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; chiefly in bad sense, do one ill, do one a shrewd turn, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; less frequently, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; seldom [Refs 6th c.BC+].
__II.2.b perform rites, [Refs].
__II.2.c in Law, ζημίαν ἐ. do damage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 work a material, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. γῆν till the land, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; [ἀργυρῖτιν] Docum. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.4 earn by working, [Refs 8th c.BC+].
__II.5 work at, practise, μουσικήν, τέχνας, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀρετὴν καὶ σωφροσύνην variant in [NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.6 absolutely, work at a trade or business, traffic, trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also οἱ τὴν τετράγωνον (i.e. ἀγοράν) ἐργαζόμενοι those who trade in the square, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τούτοις..ναυτικοῖς ἐ. trade with this money on bottomry, [Refs]; ταῦτα ἐ. thus he trades, [Refs]; οἱ ἐν Δήλῳ ἐ., = Latin qui Deli negotiantur, [Refs] Latin quaestum corpore facere, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας Alexis Sam. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.7 cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+].
__III passive, rarely in present and imperfect, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect εἴργασμαι (see. below): aorist 1 [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__III.1 to be made or built, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθοι εἰργ. wrought stones, [Refs 6th c.BC+].
__III.2 to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.29.27 ☩ 1Cor.16.10 ☩ Acts.10.35 ☩ Matt.7.23}