ἐργασία, -as, ἡ, (ἐργάζομαι) ; 1. i. q. τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, a working, performing: ἀκαθαρσίας, Eph. iv. 19. 2. work, business: Acts xix. 25 (Xen. oec. 6, 8 et al.). 3. gain got by work, profit: Acts xvi. 19; παρέχειν ἐργασίαν τινί, ib. 16; xix. 24 [yet al. refer this to 2 above]; (Xen. mem. 3, 10,1; eyneg. 3,3; Polyb. 4, 50, 3). 4. endeavor, pains, [A. V. diligence]: δίδωμι ἐργασίαν, after the Latinism operam do, Lk. xii. 58 (Hermog. de invent. 3, 5, 7).

ἐργασία ergasia 6x

work, labor; in NT ἐργασίαν διδόναι, to endeavor, strive, Lk. 12:58; performance, practice, Eph. 4:19; a trade, business, craft, Acts 19:25, gain acquired by labor or trade, profit, Acts 16:16, 19; 19:24*

ἐργασία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἔργον), [in LXX for מְלָאכָה, עֲבֹדָה, etc. ;]

work, business: Ac 16:16, 19 19:24, 25; δὸς ἐ. (Lat. da operam), Lk 12:58.

working, performance: Eph 4:19.†

ἐργασία. P Tebt II. 286% (A.p. 121-138) τὰ σώματα καὶ τὰς ἐργασίας ἀπολήμψεται ᾿Απολλ[ω]νίδης rapa tod’ Αντωνίνονυ τοῦ κληρονόμου, “ Apollonides shall receive back the slaves and their labour from Antoninus, the heir” (Edd.), P Fay 211% (A.D. 134) elt? ἐν γένεσιν εἴτ᾽ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ εἴτ᾽ ἐν σωματικαῖς ἐργασίαις, ‘‘whether in kind or in money or in bodily labour” (Edd.), P Oxy XII. 15818 (ii/A.p.) Σαραπίωνα μὴ ἀφῇς ἀργεῖν καὶ ῥέμβεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἰς ἐργασίαν αὐτὸν βάλε. For the word = “business,” ‘‘trade,” see P Lond οοῦδ (A.D. 128) (=IIT. p. 108) βουλόμεθα ἐπιχωρηθῆναι πίαρ᾽] ὑμῶν τὴν χρυσοχ[οϊἹκὴν ἐργασίαν, “we wish that a grant should be made by you of your gold-smith’s business,” P Fay 937 (A.D. 161) βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὴν μυροπῳλαϊκὴν καὶ ἀροματικὴν ἐργασίαν, “1 wish to lease from you your business of perfume-selling and unguentmaking” (Edd.), P Tebt 11. 287% (A.p. 161-9) οἱ μὲν εἰ[σὶ] yvadets oft δὲ] βαφεῖς τῆν ἐργασίαν, ‘some are fullers and others dyers by trade” (Ε44.). MGr ἐργασία, “activity.” How thoroughly the Latinism of Lk 12°8 had become acclimatized is shown by its occurrence in the colloquial P Oxy IV. 7421! (B.c. 2) ἐάν τι δύνῃ σὺ é[.. . .]val

ἐργασία (ergasia) — work. ἐργᾰσ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, Cretan dialect ϝεργασία [Refs] work, business, [Refs], etc.; opposed to ἀργία, [Refs 5th c.BC+] productive labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+] if no work was done, [Refs 4th c.BC+] with infinitive, Latin da operam ut.., NT.Luke.12.58, compare [Refs 6th c.BC+]

2. function, [Refs 2nd c.AD+].

II. working at, making, manufacture, ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+]; making up of a prescription, [Refs 5th c.BC+] taken in the part wrought by thy hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+] production of pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+] money-making, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. working of a material, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλκοῦ, ἐρίων, ξύλων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: most commonly, tillage of the ground, ἐ. γῆς, χώρας, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. περὶ τὴν τροφήν preparation (i.e. mastication and digestion) of food, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; treatment of silphium, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. generally, trade, business, [Refs 5th c.BC+] engaged in trade by sea, [Refs 4th c.BC+] the banking business, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] dyers by trade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; especially of a courtesan's trade, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. b ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης if a slave brings in earnings, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.4. practising, exercising, [Refs 6th c.BC+].

II.5. work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐ., of the Hermae, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the fortification works, [Refs]

II.6. literary execution, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; elaboration of a topic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.7. production of a play, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. guild or company of workmen, ἡ ἐ. τῶν βαφέων[Refs]; ἐριοπλυτῶν [Refs]