"to effect, 1 Cor. 12:6, 11; Gal. 3:5; Eph. 1:11; Phil. 2:13; to put into operation, Eph. 1:20; absol. to be active, Mt. 14:2; Mk. 6:14; Eph. 2:2; in NT to communicate energy and efficiency, Gal. 2:8; pass. or mid. to come into activity, be actively developed; to be active, be in ..."
Definition and meaning
to effect, 1 Cor. 12:6, 11; Gal. 3:5; Eph. 1:11; Phil. 2:13; to put into operation, Eph. 1:20; absol. to be active, Mt. 14:2; Mk. 6:14; Eph. 2:2; in NT to communicate energy and efficiency, Gal. 2:8; pass. or mid. to come into activity, be actively developed; to be active, be in operation, towards a result, 2 Cor. 4:12; 2 Thess. 2:7; to be an active power or principle, Rom. 7:5; 1 Thess. 2:12; instinct with activity; in action, operative, 2 Cor. 1:6; Gal. 5:6; Eph. 3:20; Col. 1:29; earnest, Jas. 5:16
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐνεργέω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of energeo (G1754) across the King James Bible.
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 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.
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.
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
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.
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
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?
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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Common questions
Strong's G1754 (energeo) is a Greek word that means: to effect, 1 Cor. 12:6, 11; Gal. 3:5; Eph. 1:11; Phil. 2:13; to put into operation, Eph. 1:20; absol. to be active, Mt. 14:2; Mk. 6:14; Eph. 2:2; in NT to communicate energy and efficiency, Gal. 2:8; ... It appears 19 times in the King James Bible.
The word energeo (G1754) appears 19 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1754 is energeo, a Greek word defined as: to effect, 1 Cor. 12:6, 11; Gal. 3:5; Eph. 1:11; Phil. 2:13; to put into operation, Eph. 1:20; absol. to be active, Mt. 14:2; Mk. 6:14; Eph. 2:2; in N. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
energeo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.