Word Summary
agathoergeō: to do good
Original Word: ἀγαθοεργέωTransliteration: agathoergeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ath-er-gheh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to do good
Meaning: to do good
Strong's Concordance
do good.
From agathos and ergon; to work good -- do good.
see GREEK agathos
see GREEK ergon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 14: ἀγαθοεργέωἀγαθοεργέω,
(ῶ; (from the unused
ΑΡΓΩ — equivalent to
ἔρδω,
ἐργάζομαι — and
ἀγαθόν);
to be ἀγαθοεργός,
beneficent (toward the poor, the needy):
1 Timothy 6:18 (
A. V. do good). Cf.
ἀγαθουργέω. Found besides only in ecclesiastical writings, but in the sense
to do well, act rightly.
STRONGS NT 14: ἀγαθουργέωἀγαθουργέω, (ῶ; Acts 14:17 L T Tr WH for R ἀγαθοποιῶ. The contracted form is the rarer (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 145), see ἀγαθοεργέω; but cf. κακοῦργος, ἱερουργέω.