Energeō ἐνεργέω

Energeō (Greek ἐνεργέω, Strong's G1754) is a Greek verb meaning “be active”. It occurs 21 times in 19 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Energeō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 14:2
  And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Mark

• Mark 6:14
  And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Romans

• Romans 7:5
  For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 12:6
  And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
• 1 Corinthians 12:11
  But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 1:6
  And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
• 2 Corinthians 4:12
  So then death worketh in us, but life in you.So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Galatians

• Galatians 2:8
  (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
• Galatians 3:5
  He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
• Galatians 5:6
  For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 1:11
  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• Ephesians 1:20
  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
• Ephesians 2:2
  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 3:20
  Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

Philippians

• Philippians 2:13
  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Colossians

• Colossians 1:29
  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 2:7
  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

James

• James 5:16
  Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).