Word Summary
energeia: mute, speechless
Original Word: ἐνέργειαTransliteration: energeia
Phonetic Spelling: (en-erg'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: mute, speechless
Meaning: mute, speechless
Strong's Concordance
operation, strong, effectual working.
From energes; efficiency ("energy") -- operation, strong, (effectual) working.
see GREEK energes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1753: ἐνέργειαἐνέργεια,
ἐνεργείας,
ἡ (
ἐνεργής, which see),
working, efficiency; in the N. T. used only of superhuman power, whether of God or of the devil; of God:
Ephesians 3:7;
Colossians 2:12;
ἡ ἐνέργεια ἡ ἐνεργουμένη,
Colossians 1:29; with a relative intervening,
ἐνεργεῖν ἐνέργειαν,
Ephesians 1:19f;
κατ' ἐνέργειαν ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνός ἑκάστου μέρους, according to the working which agrees with the measure of (is commensurate with) every single part,
Ephesians 4:16;
κατά τήν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι αὐτόν κτλ. according to the efficiency by which he is able to subject all things to himself,
Philippians 3:21.
ἐνέργεια τοῦ Σατανᾶ,
2 Thessalonians 2:9;
πλάνης, the power with which error works,
2 Thessalonians 2:11. (Wis. 7:17, etc.; 2 Macc. 3:29;
τῆς προνοίας, 3Macc. 4:21; not found in the
Sept.; in the classics first in
Aristotle; (on
ἐνέργεια,
ἐνεργεῖν, of diabolic influences, cf. Müller on the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 6 [ET]).) (Synonym: see
δύναμις, at the end.)