30 occurrences

'Work' in the Bible

These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPotter

They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they took their places for their work in their regular order.

Verse ConceptsTent Of Meetingministering

And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who made melody, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.

Verse ConceptsAssignment

But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume, for all the work of the most holy place, and to take away the sin of Israel, doing everything ordered by Moses, the servant of God.

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesIncensePriesthood, In OtPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSanctuary

And their brothers, heads of their families, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty: able men, doing the work of the house of God.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsThousands

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

Verse ConceptsMusiciansSingersNightSingingLabour Day And NightDutyFathers Responsibilities

Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofMinistry, Nature OfCarrying Holy Things

Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfSongsanniversary

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsHorrors Of War

And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSkillStonesStoneworkImmigrantsAliens

And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

Verse ConceptsCarpentersWisdom, Human NatureMen Workingcraftsmanship

In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

Verse Conceptscraftsmanship

Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritOrthodoxy, In OtSeeking GodSolomon's TempleThe Ark In The TempleBeing Devoted to GodHeartfelt Prayer To God

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority

Verse ConceptsSix ThousandTwenty Thousand And Up

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For God

These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsMaturity, PhysicalMiddle Age

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

Verse Conceptsperformance

And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsResponsibilityPerspective

But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

Verse ConceptsDeath As Punishment

And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServanthood, And Worship Of God

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

Verse ConceptsCommanderHarpsLyreMinistry, Nature OfMusicMusical Instruments, types ofServanthood, And Worship Of GodCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallAssignment

All these were sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men and strong for the work; sixty-two sons of Obed-edom.

Verse ConceptsSixties

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, seventeen hundred able men, were overseers of Israel on the other side of the Jordan, to the west, being responsible for all the work of the Lord's house and for the work done by the king's servants.

Verse ConceptsThousands

And for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work in connection with the worship of the house of the Lord, and all the vessels used in the house of the Lord;

Verse ConceptsSubdivisionsdivisionpriests

And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverBeing AfraiddiscouragementInexperienceBraveryGod's Help In DiscouragementStrength Of PeopleGod Not ForsakingCourageCourage And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFinishing Strongfearlessfinishing

And see, there are the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the work of the house of God; and every trained and expert workman will be ready to do for you whatever is needed; and the captains and the people will be under your orders in everything.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodSkillWisdom, Human NatureSubdivisionsVolunteering

And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthstructure

Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfSanctification, Nature And BasisConsecrationVolunteeringartistscraftsmanship

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐνεργέω 
Energeo 
Usage: 21

ἐνέργεια 
Energeia 
Usage: 8

κατεργάζομαι 
Katergazomai 
work , do , do deed , to perform , cause , work out
Usage: 24

συνεργέω 
sunergeo 
Usage: 5

חקה 
Chaqah 
Usage: 4

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 37

חשׁב 
Chashab 
Usage: 124

יגיע 
Y@giya` 
Usage: 16

יצר 
Yetser 
Usage: 9

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

מעבּד 
Ma`bad 
Usage: 1

מעבד 
Ma`bad (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

מעלל 
Ma`alal 
Usage: 41

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

מפלאה 
Miphla'ah 
Usage: 1

מפעלה מפעל 
Miph`al 
Usage: 3

מקשׁה 
Miqshah 
Usage: 10

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

עבד 
`abad (Aramaic) 
do , made , cut , do , do , worketh , executed , goeth , kept , moved , wrought
Usage: 28

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 1

עבודה עבדה 
`abodah 
Usage: 146

עבידה 
`abiydah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

עללה עלילה 
`aliylah 
Usage: 24

עליליּה 
`aliyliyah 
Usage: 1

עמל 
`amel 
Usage: 9

פּלא 
Pala' 
Usage: 71

פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

פּעל 
Po`al 
work , act , deeds , do , getting , maker
Usage: 37

פּעלּה 
P@`ullah 
Usage: 14

פּתּח פּתּוּח 
Pittuwach 
Usage: 11

רקמה 
Riqmah 
Usage: 12

שׂבכה 
S@bakah 
Usage: 15

תּשׁיּה תּוּשׁיּה 
Tuwshiyah 
Usage: 11

δύναμις 
Dunamis 
Usage: 95

ἐνέργημα 
Energema 
Usage: 2

ἐργάζομαι 
Ergazomai 
Usage: 28

ἐργασία 
Ergasia 
Usage: 5

ἐργάτης 
Ergates 
Usage: 6

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

μεγαλεῖος 
megaleios 
Usage: 2

μόλις 
Molis 
Usage: 6

ποιέω 
Poieo 
do , make , bring forth , commit , cause , work , show , bear , keep , fulfil , deal , perform , not tr , , vr do
Usage: 372

ποίημα 
Poiema 
Usage: 2

πρᾶγμα 
Pragma 
Usage: 10

πρᾶξις 
Praxis 
Usage: 5

συνεργός 
sunergos 
Usage: 13

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