Lexical Summary energēs: at work, active Original Word: ἐνεργήςTransliteration: energēs Phonetic Spelling: (en-er-gace') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: at work, active Meaning: at work, active Strong's Concordance effectual, powerful. From en and ergon; active, operative -- effectual, powerful. see GREEK en see GREEK ergon Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1756: ἐνεργήςἐνεργής, ἐνεργες (equivalent to ἐνεργός, equivalent to ὁ ὤν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ (English at work)), active: Hebrews 4:12; by a somewhat incongruous figuratively, in 1 Corinthians 16:9 a θύρα ἐνεργής is spoken of, 'an opportunity for the working of the gospel'; ἐνεργής γίνομαι ἐν τίνι, in something, Philemon 1:6. ((Aristotle), Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others.) |