Words the Bible translates as work
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ergonἔργονa work: something a person does and the result it produces, whether a single deed, a life's labor, or the thing made
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- ma'asehמַעֲשֶׂהwhat someone does or makes: a deed, a piece of work, or the thing produced by it
- melakhahמְלָאכָהcommissioned work: the task one has been sent to do, the skill it demands, the occupation it becomes, and the goods it produces
- ergazomaiἐργάζομαιto work: to put out sustained effort that produces a result, whether earning a living, doing a deed, or carrying on a trade
- pa'alפָּעַלto do, make, or accomplish: to bring something about by deliberate action
- ergasiaἐργασίαworknot studied yet
- po'alפֹּעַלwork or deed: what someone does, along with what that doing earns or produces
- energeōἐνεργέωto work with real effect: to put power to work and produce an actual result, not merely to be busy or active.
- avadעֲבַדto do or make: to bring something about, whether by fashioning a thing or by carrying out an action
- pe'ullahפְּעֻלָּהwhat work brings back: the pay, reward, or payback earned by labor, and at times the labor itself
- amalעָמַלto toil: to wear oneself out working hard at something
- mabadמַעְבָּדworknot studied yet
- mavadמַעֲבַדworknot studied yet
- avadעֲבָדworknot studied yet
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