ἐνέργεια
energeia · working, power at work
Greek word · Strong’s number G1753 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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energeia (ἐνέργεια) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “working, power at work”.
Working: power when it is in action.
How to say it
e·ner·gei·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The might of God, or of evil, in action.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Ephesians 1:19
and what the surpassing greatness of his power is toward us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
- Ephesians 3:7
of which I became a servant according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me according to the working of his power.
- Ephesians 4:16
from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every joint of supply, according to the working in the measure of each part, makes the growth of the body for its own building up in love.
- Philippians 3:21
who will transform the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
- Colossians 1:29
To this end I also labor, striving according to his working which works in me in power.
- Colossians 2:12
having been buried with him in the immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9
whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this reason God sends them a working of error, so that they believe the lie,