Lexicon energeia: working, activity Original Word: ἐνέργεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: energeia Phonetic Spelling: (en-erg'-i-ah) Short Definition: working, activity Definition: working, action, productive work, activity; in the NT, confined to superhuman activity. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1753 enérgeia (the root of the English term "energy") – energy; "power in action" (Wm. Barclay, More NT Words, 46). See 1754 (energeō). 1753 /enérgeia ("divine energy") typically refers to God's energy which transitions the believer from point to point in His plan (accomplishing His definition of progress). [1753 (enérgeia) occurs 8 times – always of God's energy, except at 2 Thes 2:9.] Thayer's STRONGS NT 1753: ἐνέργειαἐνέργεια, ἐνεργείας, ἡ ( ἐνεργής, which see), working, efficiency; in the N. T. used only of superhuman power, whether of God or of the devil; of God: Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 2:12; ἡ ἐνέργεια ἡ ἐνεργουμένη, Colossians 1:29; with a relative intervening, ἐνεργεῖν ἐνέργειαν, Ephesians 1:19f; κατ' ἐνέργειαν ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνός ἑκάστου μέρους, according to the working which agrees with the measure of (is commensurate with) every single part, Ephesians 4:16; κατά τήν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι αὐτόν κτλ. according to the efficiency by which he is able to subject all things to himself, Philippians 3:21. ἐνέργεια τοῦ Σατανᾶ, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; πλάνης, the power with which error works, 2 Thessalonians 2:11. (Wis. 7:17, etc.; 2 Macc. 3:29; τῆς προνοίας, 3Macc. 4:21; not found in the Sept.; in the classics first in Aristotle; (on ἐνέργεια, ἐνεργεῖν, of diabolic influences, cf. Müller on the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 6 [ET]).) (Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.)
Strong's operation, strong, effectual working. From energes; efficiency ("energy") -- operation, strong, (effectual) working. see GREEK energes |
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