KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:2
Complete exact-word concordance
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Let there more worke be layde vpon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes.
1611 marginal noteHeb. let the worke be heauy vpon the men.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Goe ye, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your worke shall be diminished.
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Goe therefore now and worke: for there shall no straw bee giuen you, yet shall ye deliuer the tale of brickes.
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
And in the first day there shalbe an holy conuocation, and in the seuenth day there shall be an holy conuocation to you: no maner of worke shalbe done in them, saue that which euery man must eate, that onely may bee done of you.
1611 marginal noteHeb. soule.
And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
And Israel saw that great worke which the LORD did vpon the Egyptians: & the people feared the LORD, and beleeued the LORD, and his seruant Moses.
1611 marginal noteHebr. hand.
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and lawes, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walke, and the worke that they must doe.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke:
1611 marginal noteChap. 23.12. ezech. 20.12. luke 13.14.
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayd seruant, nor thy cattell, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Sixe dayes thou shalt doe thy worke, and on the seuenth day thou shalt rest: that thine oxe and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy handmayd, & the stranger may be refreshed.
1611 marginal noteChap. 20.8. deut. 5.13. luke 13.14.
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feet, as it were a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and as it were the body of heauen in his clearenesse.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To perform. ... To labor. ... To be in action or motion. ... To act; to carry on operations. ... To operate; to produce effects by action or influence. ... To form by labor; to mold, shape or manufacture. ... To bring into any state by action. ... To make by action, labor or violence. ... To produce by action, labor or exertion.
Labor; employment; exertion of strength. ... That which is made or done. ... Action; deed; feat; achievement. ... Operation. ... Effect; that which proceeds from agency.
